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Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky attend ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ crimson carpet at 78th annual Cannes Movie Pageant
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Key Takeaways:
- A$AP Rocky performs Yung Felon, a Harlem rapper who kidnaps the son of Denzel Washington’s character, in Spike Lee’s new movie ‘Highest 2 Lowest.’
- The movie reimagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 thriller ‘Excessive and Low’ by means of a contemporary Hip Hop lens.
- The Apple TV+ and A24 undertaking drops on Aug. 15 and options new music from A$AP Rocky, plus appearances from Ice Spice and Jeffrey Wright.
A$AP Rocky is unleashing chaos within the first official trailer for Highest 2 Lowest. Launched on Monday (Aug. 4), the teaser gave followers a glimpse of what to anticipate from the Spike Lee-directed movie, which is ready to drop on Aug. 15.
Within the clip, Denzel Washington portrays a music mogul whose son has been kidnapped for ransom. “I received your full consideration now, huh? You [are] lastly listening to me,” A$AP Rocky’s character, Yung Felon, says ominously. Moments later, we study his calls for: “$17.5 million within the all-black Jordan backpack.”
“Strive me for those who suppose I’m taking part in,” the Harlem rapper warns, to which Washington replies, “I ain’t received —” earlier than the decision abruptly disconnects. In one other scene, the Academy Award-winning actor’s character desperately makes an attempt to barter for his son’s launch.
“It’s too late for all that,” Yung Felon insists. “You not God no extra, n**ga, I’m.” Elsewhere within the trailer, he provides, “I gotta feed the streets, my woman and a new child child, and I ain’t attempting to return and do one other bid, you dig?” Check out the clip under.
Highest 2 Lowest will arrive with new music from A$AP Rocky, a few of which we hear within the precise trailer. “Shout-outs to my felons, boy, we caught one other felony,” he raps at one level. “Don’t attempt to run, we gon’ hit ‘em the place he at.” Additionally starring within the film are Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera and Ice Spice.
The Apple TV+ and A24 providing is a modern-day reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 movie Excessive and Low. The unique crime thriller adopted a shoe government who turns into the goal of a kidnapping scheme after his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake. Lee’s take brings the stakes into the world of Hip Hop, which must be an actual deal with for music followers.