

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.
Acting
Riz Ahmed's jittery physicality says everything his character can't.
Sound
Every phone call feels like a bomb waiting to detonate.
Direction
Mackenzie turns mundane locations into pressure cookers.

Director
David Mackenzie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The relay system mirrors real-world crisis PR firms and NDAs—legalized silencing of corporate victims.
David Mackenzie and Riz Ahmed previously collaborated on 'Mogul Mowgli'; this reteam strips away that film's poetry for pure procedural dread.