There are times to do the dual role gimmick and this is not one of those times. It's not like Tom Hardy in Legend, where he played twin brothers who should obviously share a family resemblance despite their different personalities, De Niro playing the heads of two crime families just comes off as an ego play.
There are times to do the dual role gimmick and this is not one of those times. It's not like Tom Hardy in Legend, where he played twin brothers who should obviously share a family resemblance despite their different personalities, De Niro playing the heads of two crime families just comes off as an ego play.
They always double-down.
The cheap rubber prosthetics on his face did little to sell the movie.