2Its clock, and the show’s

First talked about in episode 32, 34 days after its release.

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3What critics and audiences made of it

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5.5/10

IMDb users36.1k votes

5.5: higher than 3% of the 406 titles Harvesting discussed. It ranks 391st.

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4What it cost, what it made

It made back only 6% of its budget at the box office.

Budget $25M #158

Box office $2M #204

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5Who’s in it

Director Spike Lee
Writer Alan Fox
Novel Evan Hunter
Music Howard Drossin
Cinematography Matthew Libatique also Caught Stealing
Editor Allyson C. Johnson
Editor Barry Alexander Brown

+2 Denzel Washington David King
+7 Jeffrey Wright Paul Christopher
Ilfenesh Hadera Pam King
A$AP Rocky Yung Felon
+1 John Douglas Thompson Det. Earl Bridges
Dean Winters Det. Higgins
LaChanze Sgt. Bell
Aubrey Joseph Trey King

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6Where to watch it

Stream

Apple TV

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7The index card

Highest 2 Lowest· 2025

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

new york citybased on novel or bookransomremakebased on moviemoral dilemmainsecurepolice proceduralabsurdarrogantconceitedpretentious

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Released: 14 August 2025
Runtime: 2h 13m
Status: Released
Certificate: US R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Language: English
Country: United States, Japan
Studios: A24, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Escape Artists, Mandalay Pictures

8If you liked it

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