As the social media saying goes, the “vibes are immaculate” for the first two acts of David Mackenzie’s Relay. For a while, I was really enjoying what felt like a modern send-up on a Michael Mann or Brian De Palma type crime thriller, and it even improved the main weakness found in those movies — the female characters.

But then there’s a twist in the third act that I really didn’t want to happen. This is frustrating because up until the abrupt switch in the final 20 minutes, Relay was very close to becoming a no-brainer to recommend, and it might have possibly been a contender for one of my favorites of the year. But alas.

Set in present day New York City, Sarah Grant (Lily James) wants to expose the research institute she worked with for covering up side effects of genetically modified

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