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Relay

Relay

No callers are identified. No conversations are recorded. No phone records are kept. Now speak clearly and when you are finished say: 'Go ahead'.

20257.01h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by David Mackenzie
Written by Justin Piasecki, David Mackenzie
Produced by Teddy Schwarzman, Basil Iwanyk, David Mackenzie
Box Office0Revenue: $4.5M

Top Cast

Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed

Ash

Lily James

Lily James

Sarah

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington

Dawson

Willa Fitzgerald

Willa Fitzgerald

Rosetti

Eisa Davis

Eisa Davis

Wash

Matthew Maher

Matthew Maher

Hoffman

Victor Garber

Victor Garber

McVie

Jared Abrahamson

Jared Abrahamson

Ryan

Pun Bandhu

Pun Bandhu

Lee

Seth Barrish

Seth Barrish

Morel

Themes & Keywords

paranoidanxiouscautionaryprovocativeintenseambiguous

About Relay

Relay is a action, drama, thriller film released in 2025 exploring themes of paranoid, anxious, cautionary, provocative, intense, ambiguous. Directed by David Mackenzie, it stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington. 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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