From Oscar Award winner David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) comes Relay, a high-concept political thriller starring Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed, Lily James, and Sam Worthington. Premiering as a Special Presentation at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, the film unfolds with urgency against a backdrop of control, cover-ups, and constant surveillance in a world where nothing is truly private.
In Relay, Riz Ahmed plays Tom, a world-class “fixer” who orchestrates high-stakes payoffs between powerful corporations and those who threaten to expose them. Operating behind layers of encrypted communication, Tom lives by a strict set of rules — anonymity, control, and zero personal entanglements that are all designed to keep him invisible and untraceable.
But when a mysterious message from a desperate new client (Lily James) upends his protocol, Tom is drawn into a dangerous game where nothing stays contained for long, and the line between professional and personal starts to blur.
Directed with icy precision, Relay is a timely thriller that probes the cost of staying hidden in a hyper-connected world.
Mark your calendars as Relay (2025) hits theaters in major markets as a limited release on Friday, August 22, 2025, delivering pulse-quickening intrigue and moral complexity to the big screen.
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