Synopsis
The Alto Knights (2025) — watch online on iFILM Barry Levinson's crime drama about the collision between two New York mob bosses, with Robert De Niro taking both lead roles. Scripted by Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino), the film is set in mid-1950s New York and built around a real power struggle that reshaped the American underworld.
Frank Costello has run the organisation quietly and profitably for years. Then Vito Genovese walks out of prison expecting to reclaim what he considers his. Costello is officially above him; Genovese cannot accept it. These are men who grew up on the same streets, owe each other old debts, and now find that every shared history has become a liability. The tagline — "The most dangerous enemy is an old friend" — is the film's architecture, not its marketing.
De Niro carrying both parts is the gamble at the centre of everything. Levinson and Pileggi give the two characters distinct speech patterns and postures, and De Niro does the work of keeping them apart. For viewers who know Pileggi's track record, the pedigree alone makes this worth 123 minutes. Stream The Alto Knights online on iFILM.
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