As someone fascinated with the rise and fall of the America Mafia, the new film “The Alto Knights” immediately grabbed my attention. This biographical crime drama is directed by Academy Award winner Barry Levinson (“The Natural”, “Rain Man”) and written by Nicholas Pileggi (“Goodfellas”). And to top it all off it features Robert De Niro in a dual role playing mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. While that was all I needed to be excited, seeing the first trailer has me even more hyped.
Set in the 1950s, “The Alto Knights” follows the complex relationship between Italian-American mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. It centers on their close friendship as well as the eventual tension that leads to an unsuccessful assassination attempt and a dramatic reshaping of the American Mafia. This is fascinating and fertile material and Warner Bros. look to have all the right people in place to explore it.
“The Alto Knights” releases in theaters on March 21st. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.
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I might check this out as the idea of seeing de Niro vs. de Niro might be fun to watch. Plus, I hope this marks a career resurgence for Barry Levinson who really needs one as studios need to show more support for him and not waste their money on shitty projects from Robert Zemeckis.
This movie has some legit gangster movie credentials.
This will be a must see. Barry Levinson did Rain Man and Wag the Dog. but even his other movies are quite entertaining like Disclosure, Bandits, and Envy
A must-see for me too.
Ooooh I might be interested in seeing this!
Some great ingredients. I’m excited for it.
I’ll be taking a pass on your blog.
Aww. Well, I can respect that.
Too much Italian English, way too much “f…”, and not the best storyline line until maybe at the very end. And Robert DeNero is very old now, I mean an old face to look at for two hours, on top of it in double role, meaning twice as much as otherwise!
Same voice , same accent , same build, similar face. .. only difference one wears black glasses
No thanks
Similar faces , same voices, same accents, same build , same age .
No thanks
another mob movie to disparage Italian Americans does ever end
I’ll do it when it streams, looks good, though why they couldn’t get someone else to play one of the parts is beyond me. Saves money I suppose, only have to pay DeNero 1 wage 😁
Yep. It was a seemingly unnecessary move