The film fabricates a large-scale, deeply-rooted multinational bank called IBBC, and in general, the film tries to make us believe that if such a bank existed in reality, it could virtually function as an independent political sovereign entity dominating the world's finances. In the movie, the bank's power is boundless; apart from its financial operations, the bank also extensively involves itself in various "basic services" for the underworld, such as money laundering, arms trafficking, and acting as a mediator for assassinations. Naturally, with its deep connections in both legal and illegal circles, this bank eventually runs into trouble. International police officer Louis Salinger (played by Clive Owen) witnesses his colleague brutally assassinated in Berlin after attempting to leak information about the bank's involvement in arms trading with China. To seek justice and avenge his colleague, he begins an overt and covert investigation into IBBC. Louis Salinger, who is arrogant...