While the story is interesting (regardless if it's a real life one or not) as well as the message it conveys, the movie seems to be a bit lost in how it wants to go with the narrative.

An all star cast, including the amazing Christian Bale that doesn't seem capable of a bad performance, are part of the unsuspecting characters that find themselves in a huge conspiracy that runs way deeper than they initially think. The story starts interesting, the pace is fast and with a mix of dark humor, however that pace and narrative doesn't seem consistent throughout the film.

There are several flashbacks that serve to provide some context for the main character's relationships that seem to stall the story a little bit and as the first flashback appears, the storytelling becomes slightly more erratic.

It's hard to grasp if from that point on the film gets more serious or it wanted to keep its quirkiness the truth is it just becomes odd. If they would focus more on the mystery aspect rather than the weird character behaviors I would probably would've enjoyed it more, it's still interesting and the message couldn't be more valid given the current political reality of many countries, but Christian Bale wasn't enough to make it great.