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Relay

Movie 2025 112 min M Action, Drama, Thriller
AMU 16+ * Quality ★★★★☆

Our take

Relay is rated R and stars Riz Ahmed as a broker who protects whistleblowers through cutouts and coded calls. Expect corporate conspiracy tension, gun threats, bloody injuries, and frequent profanity in dialogue. The tone is a smart adult thriller rather than action spectacle. Best for mature teens who handle dialogue-heavy crime stories

Uplifting themes

Protecting truth and doing the right thing drive the broker's work

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Story (may spoil tone)

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.

Violence
Moderate
Language
Strong
Sex / nudity
Drugs / alcohol
Mild
Frightening
Moderate
Self-harm / suicide
Sexual violence
Child peril / abuse
Bullying / discrimination
Gore / death / weapons
Mild
Dangerous behaviour
Mild
Eating disorders / body image
Mental health
Gambling
Grief / bereavement

Details

Violence Moderate Gun threats, stabbings, and bloody injury talk in a conspiracy plot

Gun threats, stabbings, and bloody injury talk in a conspiracy plot

Language Strong Frequent f-word and strong insults during high-stakes calls

Frequent f-word and strong insults during high-stakes calls

Sex / nudity No sex found in this title

No sex found in this title

Drugs / alcohol Mild Drunk behavior and smoking references in character backstory

Drunk behavior and smoking references in character backstory

Frightening Moderate Surveillance dread and corporate retaliation build adult suspense

Surveillance dread and corporate retaliation build adult suspense

Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title

No self-harm found in this title

Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title

No sexual violence found in this title

Child peril / abuse No child peril found in this title

No child peril found in this title

Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title

No bullying found in this title

Gore / death / weapons Mild Blood on hands and leg wounds; weapons stay plot-driven

Blood on hands and leg wounds; weapons stay plot-driven

Dangerous behaviour Mild Cutout tactics and evasion may look clever without legal context

Cutout tactics and evasion may look clever without legal context

Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title

No eating found in this title

Mental health No mental health found in this title

No mental health found in this title

Gambling No gambling found in this title

No gambling found in this title

Grief / bereavement No grief found in this title

No grief found in this title

Talk after watching

  • Whistleblowers risk everything to expose wrongdoing. What would make speaking up worth the danger?
  • The broker hides identities to keep people safe. When is secrecy necessary and when is it harmful?
  • Corporate crime feels distant until it hits home. How do big scandals affect ordinary workers?