3/… whom some consider a Messiah and others a code-breaker due to his unexplained propensity to scribble numbers on any surface he comes across. If you think that is confusing, it doesn’t get any better. They all converge on Spade’s chosen sleepy town in the middle of nowhere France.

4/… It’s never explained why they are after the boy and why exactly are they killing each other. Spade, who’s supposed to be the main character, just stumbles around and fills in hours of pointless dialogue with a constant stream of would-be-witty one-liner comebacks.