Overview: From Warner Bros. Pictures, “The Alto Knights,” starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro in a dual role and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, will debut Digitally at home on April 11th, 2025.

The film follows two of New York’s most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello (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.

Blu-ray Verdict: There are plenty of stone-cold classics with distracting casting. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance features James Stewart portraying a young man, seemingly in his early to mid-twenties, despite Stewart being 53 years old at the time of filming.

That’s not to say the De Niro double casting works here. At 81, De Niro is too old for even roles such as this. I’m just saying that the film can still be decent if you can move past this.

There’s plenty of rich historical detail and meaty characterization to hold a certain type of viewer’s interest. I’ll admit that the audience that will really enjoy this film is possibly quite small at this juncture. Some exciting youthful character actors in supporting roles would have undoubtedly helped this bring in a larger audience.

But, on the whole, it’s a pretty well-told if emotionally distant story of two mobsters with differing values. The film would undeniably have been stronger if De Niro had only played one of the two characters, since the suspension of disbelief required to see him as two different people detracts from immersion here.

De Niro acts both parts well, but he’s a shadow of the actor he was in younger years. He’s clinging to the coattails of his previous roles just to come off as well as he does here.

So, if you enjoy old-timey tales of gangsters, loyalty, codes, and savage violence, you will likely find this quite enjoyable even if it falls quite a bit short of the greater gangster films of yore.

Special Feature:
· One Legend, Two Mobsters - Featurette

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The film arrives for purchase and rental Digitally at home on April 8th, 2025. “Mickey 17” will also be available to purchase on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on May 13th, 2025.

· On April 11th, “The Alto Knights” will be available Digitally at home on participating digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more.

· On May 27th, “The Alto Knights” will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from online retailers. “The Alto Knights” will also continue to be available in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.