Surprise, surprise - a Nicholas Cage movie that's really good. Clever, funny, and very entertaining. Cage does brilliantly playing a fictional (perhaps only semi-fictional) version of himself that is far from flattering. He and Pedro Pascal work really well together and Pascal almost steals the movie with his natural charm. The idea of a noted 'alleged' international criminal (Pascal) paying big money for a Hollywood star (Cage) to attend his party might sound far fetched, but plenty have done it - Putin and various dubious Arab leaders have hosted quite a few of them. With the CIA then persuading Cage to work for them, and throw in the twist of Pascal trying to get Cage interested in his screenplay, then the rest just follows nicely.
