To say this film has an all-star cast is an understatement when it has Robert De Niro, Ed Bagley Jr, Timothy Olyphant, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldana, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, and then it's three stars are Margo Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington. This is one of those stories that deals loosely with a serious and real topic dredged from our history between the world wars, but specifically in the 1930's. The topic is handled in a fast paced almost irreverent way that is highly entertaining. Without giving too much away, the story revolves around three friends who meet in a WWII hospital and live in Amsterdam together post war. Eventually, one moves back to the United States where he wants to, as a doctor, treat fellow vets who are suffering from both horribly disfiguring and painful wounds. This does not go over well with his Park Avenue in-laws and eventually gets him in trouble with the law, forcing his other two friends to also come back to the states. One pulls strings and disappears, the other becomes a lawyer of color and goes into business with his doctor friend to help those in need. They end up being hired by Taylor Swifts character to look into the death of her father, a former general who they both respect. When foul play is suspected they run afoul of a powerful organization...something like the circle of five, who are well funded by big business both in this country and abroad. This puts them on a course to potentially disrupt a plot to put a dictator in the presidential chair.

I love clothing from the 1930's and art deco. The costume and set design crew nailed it in this film, it was lovely. For me it is worth watching for that alone...but if you need more, the acting is great, the comedy dark, the music worth listening to and the pacing and telling of the story both fast and tight. The film was fun and worked into a "who-dunnit" quite nicely. I appreciated a lot of the historical details, especially with the types of wounds sustained by the WWI soldiers and the use of untested pain medicine. I think this film is a must see and with big businesses influencing so much today, very painfully relevant.