The Death and Life of Bobby Z

Year: 2007

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: John Herzfeld

ActionCrimeThrillerDramaCrime drugs and gangsters

To claim his own future, Tim Kearney must first die. A DEA agent offers the ex‑Marine a chance to escape his prison term by assuming the identity of Bobby Z, a recently killed drug dealer, and taking part in a hostage exchange with a powerful crime lord. When the deal collapses, Kearney runs, pulling Z’s son along as a reluctant hostage.

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