Relay

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Relay

2024

1h 52m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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In RELAY, Riz Ahmed plays a world class "fixer" who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from a potential client (Lily James), needing his protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.

Rocco T. Thompson

Slant Magazine

Set to the rhythms of a pulsing, ultramodern New York milieu, the film, at its best, wrings real tension and excitement out of the simple exchanging of clandestine messages and sensitive information.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 9, 2025

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Robert Daniels

Screen International

Relay falters, unfortunately, the second Mackenzie distrusts the viewer — pulling a twist that neither makes sense nor feels emotionally right.

Sep 13, 2024

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Nicolas Rapold

Financial Times

Director David Mackenzie brilliantly turns the streets and apartments of New York into a workaday battleground...

Sep 12, 2024

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David Gonzalez

The Cinematic Reel

Relay stands as a thought-provoking and engaging return for Mackenzie. If not for its clunky twist, Relay might have entered the conversation as one of the best films of 2025’s first half.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 17, 2025

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Often inert, contrived and ultimately forgettable. Relay comes up short in terms of suspense and intrigue.

Jun 16, 2025

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

A sleek, handsome thriller with some nods to “how we live now.” It’s not quite the paranoid classic it aspires toward, but it’s so propulsive you might not care.

Jun 13, 2025

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Synopsis

In RELAY, Riz Ahmed plays a world class "fixer" who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from a potential client (Lily James), needing his protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.

Director: David Mackenzie
Producer: Basil Iwanyk, Gillian Berrie, David Mackenzie, Teddy Schwarzman
Screenwriter: Justin Piasecki
Production Co: Black Bear, Thunder Road Pictures, Sigma Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 52m