Assante gave a strong performance--but in every role he plays, he's Assante first, the character role a distant second. It was a very good movie, with a strong cast, but I thought Assante played Gotti as more energetic, more intelligent, less self-absorbed than the real-life Gotti. I thought Tome Sizemore played in more accurately in a much smaller role as Gotti in "Witness to the Mob," which was a pretty dismal film.