When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: Bleecker Street<\/p>\n I\u2019ve recently started attending some of the Monday mystery movie events at my local theater. With the number of 2025 movies<\/a> I\u2019ve seen this year, I like the idea of incorporating some randomness into my theater-going experience.<\/p>\n While it goes by different names depending on the theater chain (AMC Screen Unseen<\/a>, Marcus Mystery Movie<\/a>, etc) the Monday mystery movie event is a screening of a new, unnamed movie on a Monday night for a low price. Of the few I\u2019ve attended, it appears to be the same film being screened across various theater chains. While there\u2019s usually some speculation on social media about the title, the whole point is that you show up not knowing what movie you’re seeing until the movie starts<\/strong>. Besides the date and time of the screening, the listing only includes the movie\u2019s rating and general length. My theater also says if it\u2019s a horror or not.<\/p>\n Credit: Universal<\/p>\n So far, my experiences attending the mystery movie Monday have been pretty great, even when I guess wrong. Case in point: this week, because Nobody 2\u2019s release date<\/a> is this coming weekend, I guessed that it might be the Bob Odenkirk sequel. Also, it’s rated R, which would match the teased mystery movie. Relay\u2019s theatrical release isn\u2019t until next week (August 22), so I hadn\u2019t even considered it, though I now realize that the level of earliness of the mystery movie varies.<\/p>\n While I showed up for the screening thinking Nobody 2 was a possibility, my mindset with these screenings is very much: \u201cI get what I get.\u201d Guessing right is fun, but if I get to see a movie I hadn\u2019t heard about or planned to see in the theater, and it turns out to be really good, well, that\u2019s even better. I realize that I’m spinning a figurative wheel and hoping for the best with these screenings, which I think we all sort of do when we go see a movie, in that we don\u2019t know for sure if we\u2019re going to enjoy it. This just adds a bigger layer of mystery in that we don’t know exactly what we’re about to see. So if you\u2019re super picky about what movies you see, this experience may not be for you.<\/p>\n Before this week, the last time I did a Monday mystery movie, I ended up seeing The Life of Chuck, which was what I’d hoped for, especially after Eric\u2019s high praise for it<\/a> in his review. It was fantastic, and I was delighted to get to see it a bit earlier than its theatrical release. (CinemaBlend\u2019s Laura Hurley ended up accidentally seeing it twice due to her own Monday mystery movie experience, but that\u2019s another story<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Credit: Bleecker Street<\/p>\n In the case of this week\u2019s experience, I went in hoping for one movie, but it turned out to be something else. And that worked out, as Relay was such a fun, suspenseful movie, and a great one to see in the theater with a crowd.<\/p>\n Directed by David Mackenzie, Relay stars Riz Ahmed as a man who works in the shadows, helping people broker deals with companies that usually have something to hide. The titular \u201crelay\u201d refers to the relay phone service he uses to communicate with clients anonymously and confidentially. Sarah (Lily James) hires this man to help her after she kept documents from a former employer that could expose research findings they don\u2019t want made public. Because she has these documents, she\u2019s being harassed by the company at life-ruining levels. Ahmed\u2019s character takes on the job to sort the situation out with her, and the thriller really takes off from there. Sam Worthington plays the guy who leads the team of life-ruining harassers trying to get the documents back on behalf of the company. Watch the trailer below:<\/p>\n As has been the case in the past two Monday Mystery Movie screenings, my theater was impressively full for a Monday night. People are certainly showing up for a mystery screening, at least in my neighborhood. And the tension in the room for this film was palpable, which added to my enjoyment.<\/p>\n Like I said, this wasn\u2019t a film that was big on my radar, but after seeing it, I learned that it debuted at TIFF<\/a> in 2024, and with 28 reviews as of this writing, it\u2019s currently holding a respectable 82% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. This is exactly why I\u2019m loving the Monday Mystery Movie screenings. I don\u2019t love going out on a Monday night, but I need this kind of randomness in my life. I’m not sure if I would’ve chosen to see Relay in the theater otherwise, but it was a great big-screen experience.<\/p>\n Relay arrives in theaters on Friday, August 22. If it sounds like your type of film, give it a shot. 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I Hoped I’d See Nobody 2, But I Guessed Wrong<\/h2>\n
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Now Let’s Talk About Relay, Because Wow<\/h2>\n