Cosmo Jarvis

1 month ago | cgmagonline.com | Shakyl Lambert |Cosmo Jarvis |Debra Messing

On paper, The Alto Knights seems like an easy lay-up: a crime epic about the downfall of the American Mafia written by Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi (who wrote the original novel Wiseguy, the basis for the film), directed by Bugsy filmmaker Barry Levinson, and starring Robert De Niro, whose legacy in the mob-movie genre cannot be overstated. The end result, however, is a lacklustre drama that is far less than the sum of its parts.