The Alto Knights

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The film follows two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) and Vito Genovese (De Niro), as they vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.

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A competent but tired retread of mob movie tropes, The Alto Knights pits De Niro vs. De Niro with no real victor emerging.

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Prioritizing drama over action, The Alto Knights works as a somewhat enjoyable pastiche of mob films.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

More interesting in the context of Robert De Niro’s filmography than it is necessarily as a standalone picture.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 29, 2025

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I don't know why this movie exists. It breathes no new new life into the mobster movie genre at all and will only serve to remind you of better movies.

Mar 28, 2025

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Broadly speaking, I like this as a piece of classical gangster theater.

Mar 28, 2025

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Dennis Schwartz

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I expected better.

Rated: B-

Mar 31, 2025

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Edwin Arnaudin

Asheville Movies

Has the anonymous look and shaggy storytelling of an HBO original movie — from 1998.

Rated: C-

Mar 30, 2025

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

It’s very difficult to make a boring movie about the mafia. But The Alto Knights has managed it.

Mar 28, 2025

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Robert Barney

Always great acting from Robert De Nero..! Movie itself was slow developing..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Tigran G

DeNiros brilliance shined as always

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Chima

👏🏾 Robert Dineiros element. watch language though

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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GadgetSmart

Impressive effects and an interesting story that kept you engaged to the end

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Paula L

See it especially if you are Italian

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Daniel T

I'm a huge fan of the mafia movies and the people they are based on. Robert Deniro did a great job playing the 2 main characters.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Barry Levinson

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Frank Costello

Debra Messing

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Anna Genovese

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Synopsis

The film follows two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) and Vito Genovese (De Niro), as they vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.

Director: Barry Levinson
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Barry Levinson, Jason Sosnoff, Charles Winkler, David Winkler
Screenwriter: Nicholas Pileggi
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Irwin Winkler
Rating: R (Violence|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.2M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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