The Death and Life of Bobby Z

The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2002)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (4,366 ratings)

Ex-Marine and convicted criminal Tim Kearney has been marked for death by a murderous biker gang, and now in order to cheat death he will assume the role of a powerful, recently deceased drug lord in this pulsating crime thriller starring Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne. When Kearney (Walker)… More

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
John Herzfeld
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Nov 17, 1982 Wide
On DVD
Nov 17, 2007
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    Pic overall has the feel of something tossed off to pass time and pay bills between more prestigious gigs.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...ultimately manages to overcome its myriad of deficiencies to become a surprisingly entertaining little actioner...

  • Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com

    There's a reason this went straight to DVD, folks

  • Brian Webster, Apollo Guide

    The only extra on the disc is a 'making of' featurette.

  • Brian Webster, Apollo Guide

    Filled with head scratchingly dumb twists and cornball dialogue, this is not exactly a brilliant film. Yet it's got a slick look and at least a few passable action scenes.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bannan i


    I think I'm being generous, but come on this was just TERRIBLE.

  • Manu G


    To live a life of his own, he has to die first. Very good film! To tell you the truth I didn't know what to expect from this movie but I was gladly rewarded. Olivia Wilde wow, such an amazing hot woman, she drives me crazy and acts pretty good, reminds me of younger version of… More

  • Cynthia S


    Not bad, not great. Paul Walker may get a lot of razz for his acting, but I will take his acting any day over Keanu Reeves. The actor I was really disappointed in was Laurence Fishburne...he totally could have been left out of this movie. Overall, the movie does a good job at keeping… More

  • jay n


    Ordinary crime actioner is a decent enough time waster as long as you don't have expectations of anything special. Paul Walker, a very handsome but frequently wooden actor, is better than usual but the film probably would have been better had he and Jason Lewis, a much better… More

  • Dean M


    Fine Paul Walker's action-packed thriller movie as well as his action scenes are cool.

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