The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)

Name: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Director: John Herzfeld
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2007-07-23
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde, Jason Lewis

Drama Action Thriller Crime

Director: John Herzfeld

Cast: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde, Jason Lewis

5.8

Runtime97 min

Rating15

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A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.

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Fans of thrilling crime dramas will enjoy the gritty cat-and-mouse dynamic between Paul Walker's DEA agent and Laurence Fishburne's charismatic crime lord in the 2007 film 'The Death and Life of Bobby Z', directed by John Herzfeld.

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The Death and Life of Bobby Z, also known as Bobby Z and Let's Kill Bobby Z, is a 2007 American-German action film, directed by John Herzfeld, and starring Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Olivia Wilde and Joaquim de Almeida. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group released the film direct-to-video in the United States. Don Winslow, who wrote the novel on which the film is based, acknowledged that the screen adaptation was not successful.