[Shrugs] Fuck it.
Cast De Niro inbothroles.
clicks through pics of his lucratively misspent youth.
De Niro (left) and De Niro (right) in ‘The Alto Knights’Warner Bros. Pictures
But all of it is simply at the service of one long retread of very well-trod ground.
He doesnt lose his temper, at least not in front of others.
Ruling by respect and ruling by fear are the same thing in his eyes.
Loose cannon is too mild a descriptive.
In the old days, Joe Pesci would have nailed this bang out.
But its close enough.
And even he cant save this museum piece from eventually giving in to torpor and slowly toppling over.
Take away theDe Niro Con: The Moviebona fides, and youve got nothing but a fancyDiscoveryspecial.
