The legendary actor’s first attempt at a dual role is all gimmick, no substance in director Barry Levinson’s true-life gangster saga written by "Goodfellas" author Nicholas Pileggi.

Barry Levinson and the writer of 'Goodfellas' revisit the world of American gangsters, exposing the dispute that exposed the organized crime world.

In Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro famously asked his reflection, “You talkin’ to me?”, and in The Alto Knights, he is, playing two separate mob bosses who repeatedly engage in gimmicky whatsamaddawitchoo-grade chitchat.