Movie review: Double De Niro can't bolster disappointing 'Alto Knights'

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...

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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 Alto Knights: Double dose of De Niro is half as good as it should be

Review: To be honest, titles might have been more helpful whenever the duelling De Niros are spliced together on-screen.

'The Alto Knights,' a decrepit Mafia duel between De Niro and himself

Barry Levinson stages a confrontation between two crime bosses, played by the actor, who delivers a double, laborious performance.

Robert De Niro Faces Off Against Himself in "The Alto Knights"

“Willpower and imagination”: Robert De Niro as Frank Costello. With Robert De Niro playing both leading roles, Barry Levinson’s exhilarating The Alto Knights depicts the real-life clash of the Mafia titans Vito Genovese and Frank Costello By Michael Sragow In The Alto Knights, director Barry Levinson and his stars, Robert De Niro (as Frank Costello) and Robert De Niro (as Vito Genovese), trace the rise and fall of the real-life postwar Mafia wit…