Overview

• Denzel Washington stars as a powerful music executive at the center of a kidnapping plot that sends him across the five boroughs.
• Lee’s direction leans into leisurely, scene-hopping set pieces—from crowded subways to parade-thick streets—over thriller urgency.
• A$AP Rocky features as Yung Felon, and Lee drops playful nods to collaborators, including an apartment numbered for distributor A24.
• The film premiered at Cannes, where Lee’s Knicks-colored outfit underscored the project’s unapologetically New York identity.
• Slate contrasts the film with Darren Aronofsky’s tighter Caught Stealing, calling Lee’s approach looser and more self-indulgent yet vibrantly in love with the city.