The Alto Knights | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

There are ideas in this movie. They just wallow in a well-made but subdued final product.

The Alto Knights falls somewhere between caricature and straightforward drama. However, with Robert De Niro in both leading roles, there’s always something interesting to watch, even if it’s buried by mountains of repetitive dialogue.

Given the film feels at least 25% worth of still photographs and talking heads, this DOA gangster drama plays like a true crime documentary where you wish they excised the re-creations. Only this time it features two DeNiros.

De Niro's dual performance is the main draw of this conventional gangster film that offers plenty of nostalgia and clichés. [Full Review in Spanish]

Levinson’s poor direction and the film’s general lack of cohesion wastes the narrative's potential while de Niro fails to captivate in either one of his two performances.