Sharp, fun, and smartly entertaining from its first scene to its final twist, David Mackenzie’s “Relay” is an old-fashioned movie about an old-fashioned guy. The movie is a modern paranoid thriller ...

Don’t let the fact that “Relay” is jogging quietly into theaters in the dog days of summer fool you. The latest effort from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie is a smart and engaging ...

For Relay, Mackenzie leans heavily on our lead character, played by Riz Ahmed (he goes by several names in the film; we’ll use James), to do much of the heavy lifting, and it’s masterfully handled. In ...

Riz Ahmed and Lily James bring audiences to the edge of their seats in Relay, a pulse-pounding thriller where the protagonists are cleverly separated until a dynamite third act. The premise sees an ...

In the underworld, violating established codes of conduct is a surefire way to court trouble—if not wind up in the morgue. Riz Ahmed’s middleman learns that lesson at great personal cost in Relay, a ...