The film is a charlatan and eccentric entity incapable of spinning a good story. A story poorly put together and misused by the excellent cast.

The first 30 minutes are filled with nonsensical verbiage, sequence after sequence of random and irrelevant actions and worst of all, more than half of the characters are as if they were reciting a text in an amateur play, without flow, without cohesion, without naturalness. Christian Bale is the only one who seems to fit what history demands. The first act is a disaster. The second and third direct the film to a greater purpose, which, had it had a better introduction, would have elevated the category of the complete film.

The subsequent appearances of Rami Malek and Robert de Niro manage to greatly improve the general level of the performances, but with this script, it's a difficult thing to do.

In other aspects, the best point is the production design and its setting. The worst, the sound mix. Horribly outdated in some details that don't go unnoticed. Fortunately it isn't a constant failure.

One of the great disappointments of the year.