Face/Off

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Face/Off

R,

1997,

2h 18m,

Action/

Crime/

Drama

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Obsessed with bringing terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) to justice, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) tracks down Troy, who has boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After the plane crashes and Troy is severely injured, possibly dead, Archer undergoes surgery to remove his face and replace it with Troy's. As Archer tries to use his disguise to elicit information about a bomb from Troy's brother, Troy awakes from a coma and forces the doctor who performed the surgery to give him Archer's face.

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Critics Consensus

John Travolta and Nicolas Cage play cat-and-mouse (and literally play each other) against a beautifully stylized backdrop of typically elegant, over-the-top John Woo violence.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Dec 17, 2023

Face/Off immediately dials in on the operatic lunacy of its two leading men.

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Patrick Z. McGavin

Chicago Reader

Jun 15, 2022

3/4

Redeemed by Woo’s bravura skills, Face/Off becomes more than just a genre exercise.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Feb 28, 2018

Woo, a master of poetical carnage, mixes kitsch, sadism, sentiment and comedy with choreographic precision.

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Gayle Sequeira

BFI

Nov 17, 2024

In John Woo’s Face/Off, the unhinged intensity of the actors’ performances and outlandish absurdity of its plot is matched only by the relentless excess of its action.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Feb 28, 2024

4/5

In a time when the action genre seems to struggle to find its identity, it says something that the 27-year-old “Face/Off” still holds up against much of what passes for action cinema today.

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

Dec 28, 2023

4.5/5

Face/Off's action sequences are classic Woo with bullets flying every which way and plethora of guns to go around.

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Mar 12, 2019

Piece of shit. Bad script, bad acting. Could be funny if it wasn't so boring.

Feb 28, 2019

Overrated AF! Stupid movie with bad acting.

Han R

Feb 23, 2019

A very fun action movie with a neat premise. John Travolta and Nicolas Cage have amazing chemistry together and seeing Nicolas Cage act as the good guy for part of the movie is very refreshing.

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Harry M

Feb 17, 2019

When people ask me what I think the all worst movie ever made is, I always say 'Face Off'.

Feb 1, 2019

The best thrilling movie ever made!

Leia S

Dec 29, 2018

A bunch of good performance and wonderful action sequences, but occasionally it can drag in quieter musics (perhaps also due to the plane ride).

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Synopsis

Obsessed with bringing terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) to justice, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) tracks down Troy, who has boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After the plane crashes and Troy is severely injured, possibly dead, Archer undergoes surgery to remove his face and replace it with Troy's. As Archer tries to use his disguise to elicit information about a bomb from Troy's brother, Troy awakes from a coma and forces the doctor who performed the surgery to give him Archer's face.

Director: John Woo
Producer: Terence Chang, David Permut, Barrie M. Osborne
Screenwriter: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $112.3M
Runtime: 2h 18m
Sound Mix: Surround

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