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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   3,896 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bob Krakower (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
17 November 2007 (Japan) more
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Tagline:
You can't out-run yourself. more
Plot:
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z... more | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Walker ... Tim Kearney

Laurence Fishburne ... Tad Gruzsa

Olivia Wilde ... Elizabeth

Jason Flemyng ... Brian

Keith Carradine ... Johnson

Joaquim de Almeida ... Don Huertero

J.R. Villarreal ... Kit
Jason Lewis ... Bobby Z

Jacob Vargas ... Jorge Escobar

Michael Bowen ... Duke

M.C. Gainey ... Boom Boom

Josh Stewart ... Monk
Margo Martindale ... Macy

Raymond J. Barry ... Stanley (as Raymond Barry)
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Mexican Detective
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bobby Z (USA) (DVD title)
Kill Bobby Z - Ein Deal um Leben und Tod (Germany) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, some drug use, language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
USA:97 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Initially, the film was going to be released theatrically by Warner Bros., who have a first look deal with Millennium Films, but after the film tested poorly, WB decided to pass. Sony picked it up as a direct-to-video feature. more
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Crew or equipment visible: You can see a member of the crew walk by inside Monk's house when Elizabeth and Monk are sitting outside of his home talking about their future plans together. more
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15 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Straight to Video, 30 April 2007
5/10
Author: netzwelter from Germany

There is nothing much to be too excited of at this movie, but still entertaining. I wonder why it made its way to the silver screen because it's not better than dozens of Straight to Video productions. Storywise, you will get nothing more than you'd also get if you rent a Jean-Claude Van Damme Film. Same goes for "character development". There are some nice shootouts and fights, but nothing remarkable. It sometimes feels as if you were watching a film from the seventies: there is nothing really stylish or spectacular in the action scenes. Although it feels good to see movie that doesn't use the much common and enough-seen style of today's action flicks, the way this film shows the action seems out-dated. Also the film's pace should be higher, again it feels 70s-ish. As usual these days, there are some nice twists and turns in the story. Paul Walker does a decent job, but not as convincing as in "Running Scared". Laurence Fishburne he fails to put any life in his bad guy role. I am not impressed of Olivia Wilde in the leading female role. At least she tries hard to be more than decorative. 5/10

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