LOS ANGELES — In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times, which paved the way for the Watergate scandal. In a more recent example of a whistleblower case, Boeing faced multiple allegations of serious safety issues in its aircraft manufacturing.

In the new film “Relay,” Oscar winner Riz Ahmed plays a world-class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and individuals who threaten their ruin. When a message arrives one day from a potential client (Lily James) needing his protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly change.

A tense New York thriller, “Relay” echoes of paranoid thrillers of the 1970s. It’s about an outsider trying to do the right thing and the unsung bravery of whistleblowers. The film’s director,

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