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Jun 27, 1997 · The summers of 1996 and 1997 have both been dominated by big-budget special effects extravaganzas. It's interesting that Cage has been in three of them: " The Rock ," "Con Air" and now "Face/ Off." He brings a quirkiness to the material that's useful. Given the undeniable fact that the plot of "Face/Off" is utterly absurd, it would be strange ...
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Jake Cole Slant Magazine Face/Off immediately dials in on the operatic lunacy of its two leading men. Dec 17, 2023 Full Review Patrick Z. McGavin Chicago Reader Redeemed by Woo’s bravura skills ...
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- John Woo
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- John Travolta
Jun 27, 1997 · Face/Off: Directed by John Woo. With John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola. To foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.
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- Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
- John Woo
- 1997-06-27
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Face/Off is a film you will remember for several excellent action set-pieces that stay in the memory much longer than the sub standard soap opera drama that passes for much of the middle ninety minutes. Not too bad overall but not as good as I remember from the first time around. 1/10. A steaming pile of crapola.
Jun 27, 1997 · FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy (Cage). He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then infiltrates the terrorist's world to discover his deadly secrets. But as much as Archer looks and acts like Troy, he doesn't really know him. He never figures Troy will retaliate and force doctors to transform ...
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- John Woo
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- John Travolta
Dec 16, 2023 · In John Woo’s Face/Off, FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) holds a particularly personal grudge against no-good-nic Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage): Five years ago, Troy, while attempting to assassinate Archer in the middle of a kiddie park, accidentally killed Archer’s son, instead. It’s been cat and mouse for nearly half a decade ...
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 26, 2023. Face/Off immediately dials in on the operatic lunacy of its two leading men. Full Review | Dec 17, 2023. The movie more than just pure spectacle ...
