The Death and Life of Bobby Z
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | |
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| Directed by | John Herzfeld |
| Produced by | Brandon Birtell Matt Luber Keith Samples Larry Schapiro Peter Schlessel Paul Walker |
| Screenplay by | Bob Krakower Allen Lawrence |
| Based on |
The Death and Life of Bobby Z by Don Winslow |
| Starring |
Paul Walker Laurence Fishburne Olivia Wilde Jason Lewis Joaquim de Almeida J.R. Villarreal Jason Flemyng |
| Music by | Tim Jones |
| Edited by | Bruce Cannon Alain Jakubowicz |
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| Distributed by |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Millennium Films |
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Release date
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May 3, 2007 |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $912,754 |
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. The film received an R rating by the MPAA for violence, some drug use, language and brief nudity. Don Winslow, who wrote the novel on which the film is based, acknowledged that the screen adaption was not successful.
Don Huertero (Joaquim de Almeida) is a Mexican drug lord. His daughter committed suicide because a drug dealer known as Bobby Z broke her heart. Consequently, Don Huertero is out for vengeance.
In trepidation Bobby Z seeks shelter in an American embassy. From there he is handed over to federal agent Tad Gruzsa (Laurence Fishburne).
In order to get hold of Bobby Z after all, Don Huertero takes a colleague of Tad Gruzsa as hostage and proposes an exchange.
Bobby Z knows Don Huertero won't rest until he believes him dead. Being worried sick, he bribes Tad Gruzsa. Now Tad Gruzsa conceives a plan to deceive Don Huertero. He wants to make Don Huertero believe Bobby Z was dead without harming the real Bobby Z.
When the exchange is supposed to take place, Tad Gruzsa replaces Bobby Z. In his stead the clueless doppelgänger Tim Kearney (Paul Walker) crosses the border. During the exchange Tad Gruzsa incites a gunfight and tries to shoot the doppelgänger dead.
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