US EditionMovie review: Double De Niro can't bolster disappointing 'Alto Knights'
- Robert De Niro plays both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in 'The Alto Knights,' a film about organized crime released on March 21.
- The film depicts significant events, including an assassination attempt on Costello, showing Genovese's and Costello's roles in organized crime.
- Though attempting to address serious themes, 'The Alto Knights' lacks the emotional depth of other gangster movies.
- Critic Fred Topel notes the film misses the emotional impact of its characters' betrayal, despite the historical basis.
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Movie review: De Niro faces off with himself in mob movie ‘The Alto Knights’
Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 film “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on (or perhaps even a eulogy for) the kind of gangster film that the pair made famous, like Scorsese saying farewell to the genre, ruminating on what it means to tell stories about men of violence. Read more...
Barry Levinson runs monument preservation and brings the Mafiapos back to the cinema with "The Alto Knights" – with Robert De Niro in a double role, which makes him an archetypal mafioso. Can this save this genre?
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Robert De Niro‘s latest movie, “The Alto Knights,” gives the Oscar winner twice as many roles as usual. Directed by Barry Levinson and written by “Goodfellas” writer Nicholas Pileggi, the film charts the real-life power struggle between 1950s Mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello as it spirals into an all-out, blood-on-the-streets conflict. De Niro plays both Genovese and Costello in the drama, which also stars Debra Messing and “Shōgun”…
The actor plunges into a unique challenge, taking over two of the most powerful mobsters in history, Vito Genovese and Frank Costello
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