Walks: Sloat Garden Center, AMC Kabuki (The Alto Knights)
Distances: 4, 2.5 miles
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| De Niro and De Niro in The Alto Knights |
If like Ciwt you're an old time mob movie 'gang member' and have seen all or many of this genre, The Alto Knights is for you. Even then, Ciwt thinks, go with limited expectations. If you do, you will enjoy all the recognizable elements - Brooklyn accents, shiny sedans, mink coats, dimly lit night clubs with leather banquettes, a bit too much opulence in upper class mansions and clothing - and of course a heap of brutality.
You will not miss Robert De Niro, one of the two Godfathers of the genre (after Brando), because he plays both main roles. And does it very well. Not his fault that the choice to have him do so was an ongoing distraction to Ciwt. Maybe that decision was made by the Academy winning director, Barry Levinson (Rain Man - and many others), or Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the Goodfellas script as well as this one. In any event, The Alto Knights has it all and would be a shame for mob movie buffs to miss.
If on the other hand you are new to the Mafia canon, The Alto Knights is likely to bore you silly. Start with The Godfather, Parts I and II.
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