The Alto Knights adapts the mind-boggling true story of mobsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, albeit with some changes that deviate from reality.

Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia leaders who grew to power in tandem ...

Through tricks of makeup and hair and what appears to be a bit of digital wizardry, De Niro’s co-lead in the film is … Robert De Niro, as Costello’s lifelong friend Vito Genovese.

The New York City crime lords Vito Genovese and Frank Costello ... opportunities for him to put on his familiar “ambivalent” face, a kind of shrug delivered with mouth and eyebrows.