Film · 2024
Relay
Directed by David MacKenzie · starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James and Sam Worthington
- 1 h 52 min
- 15
- Action · Drama · Thriller
USA
- Released in the UK 30 October 2025
- 6.0 Users1 vote
Synopsis
In New York City, Ash (Riz Ahmed) works as a secret intermediary between whistleblowers and corrupt companies. When Sarah Grant (Lily James) meets with a lawyer because she plans to make public a report on the side effects of her genetically modified wheat from the Cybo Sementis Research Institutes, he refers her to Ash, who maintains anonymity through a telecommunications device for the deaf that communicates exclusively via relay service.
Ash agrees to help her return the documents, withdraw her complaint, and thus escape the intimidation campaign that the company is subjecting her to, but getting to know her will cause Ash to break his own rules, even though his life will also be in danger.
'Relay' is directed by David MacKenzie ('Hell or High Water') with a script by Justin Piasecki and also stars Sam Worthington, Willa Fitzgerald, Eisa Davis, Matthew Maher and Jared Abrahamson. The soundtrack was composed by Tony Doogan, who also collaborated with Mackenzie on the Netflix film 'The Outlaw King',
Where to watch Relay
All the optionsAvailable now in the UK:
Availability checked on 8 November 2026.
The essentials
- Runtime
- 112 min1 hour and 52 minutes
- Box office
- $4.7mworldwide
- Rating
- 15Suitable only for 15 years and over
- How long is Relay?
- 1 hour and 52 minutes (112 minutes).
- When was Relay released in the UK?
- It was released in the UK on 30 October 2025.
- Who directed Relay?
- David MacKenzie.
- Who is in Relay?
- It stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald.
- Where can I watch Relay?
- In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
- How much did Relay make?
- It took $4.7 million worldwide.
Cast
Full cast (11)-
Riz Ahmed Ash
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Lily James Sarah
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Sam Worthington Dawson
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Willa Fitzgerald Rosetti
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Eisa Davis Wash
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Matthew Maher Hoffman
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Victor Garber McVie
- Director
- David MacKenzie
- Producers
- David MacKenzie, Teddy Schwarzman
- Cinematography
- Seamus McGarvey
Photos and posters
All 4 photosReviews
Box office
Weekend by weekend- Worldwide $4.7m
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