"The Alto Knights," in theaters Friday, gives Robert De Niro two roles to play but can't make this mob tale as exciting as his classics.

Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 film “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on (or perhaps even a eulogy for) the kind of gangster film that the pair made famous,

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.