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Relay
Directed by
David Mackenzie
R
2025
1h 52m
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A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
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Cast of Relay
Riz Ahmed
Ash
Lily James
Sarah
Sam Worthington
Dawson
Willa Fitzgerald
Rosetti
Eisa Davis
Wash
Matthew Maher
Hoffman
Victor Garber
McVie
Jared Abrahamson
Ryan
Pun Bandhu
Lee
Seth Barrish
Morel
Jamil Haque
Tariq
Jamie Ann Burke
Homeless Woman
Madison Rae Lutz
Newsstand Attendant
Grant Harrison
Andy (AA)
Jason Nuzzo
Tony (AA)
David Ryan Smith
Chair (AA)
Victoria Stevens
Service Agent
Lou Liberatore
Jim
Jessica Marza
Bar Waitress
Brian O'Neill
USPS Clerk - Terry
Relay Ratings & Reviews
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
It is pretty gripping stuff.
Los Angeles Times
Sergio Burstein
Ahmed, always excellent, perfectly lives up to expectations by playing a man with a very particular sensitivity... while James does her part with ease. [Full review in Spanish]
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
The action set pieces are nerve-wracking, but that screenplay snafu is too significant. Still, there's a lot to admire in the filmmaking and in Ahmed's performance.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Some of that effectiveness is undercut by some off-putting music choices, but McKenzie's command of the material is rock solid, Giles Nuttgens' cinematography achieves a sleek, moody metallic chill and Matt Mayer's editing is always fleet.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It's a '70s-style, street-smart, feet-on-the-ground action movie, right up until the moment it betrays itself, and its audience.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
Any movie that reminds you, simultaneously and favorably, of Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Conversation' and Michael Mann's 'Thief' is doing something very right - even if it looms a lot lower than those towering works of genius.
Washington Post
Ty Burr
Relay is the rare film that maintains suspense so expertly you're sad to see it resolved.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
Ahmed once again proves himself a mesmerizing leading man. Most of 'Relay' is carried by the actor's introverted energy, which is believably contained but seems just as believably capable of morphing into impulsivity, obsession, and purposeful violence.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Relay, a slick, sneaky thriller that's elevated by both the actor and the director, David Mackenzie, makes it clear that Ahmed also has a silent-era performer's gift for feverish stillness.
AV Club
Rory Doherty
The resulting film is full of dead air. Rather than discovering anything novel or liberating about the hostile, modern battleground of America, Relay's compelling set-up becomes overly dependent on typical rug-pulls and action beats.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
This one's not going into the conspiracy thriller pantheon, but for the duration of its tense, terse 112 minutes, it scratches the itch.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Strauss
In general, Mackenzie and screenwriter Justin Piasecki build dread in masterful ways, while Ahmed subtly fleshes out Ash from a serene, almost superhumanly competent professional into a flawed fellow with relatable issues.
Arizona Republic
Meredith G. White
At just under two hours, "Relay" keeps you on the edge of your seat, guessing at what's coming next.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Like the best of its genre, it affords tantalizing entrée into a universe lurking below society's surface to which few are privy, and stages engrossing cloak-and-dagger games between players who know the rules and, more dangerously, how to break them.
The Film Maven
Kristen Lopez
Relay is a remarkably strong film that takes its old school inspirations and modernizes them to great effect.
Slant Magazine
Rocco T. Thompson
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.
Digital Trends
A.A. Dowd
It's a reasonably smart thriller that dumbs itself down as it goes, replacing Hitchcockian chess moves with generic gunplay in the final stretch.
The Hollywood Reporter
Lovia Gyarkye
Relay pays homage to a once-ubiquitous kind of action thriller defined by its brisk pace and satisfying mystery. It's also an exciting New York film.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
The conceit of the telecommunications relay gives the movie a tense mood unlike any other.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
Relay isn't out to set the world on fire, it just wants to be a hand-crafted thriller that communicates a real sense of personal investment.
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