Face/Off
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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- Cast：
- John Travolta , Nicolas Cage , Joan Allen , Alessandro Nivola , Gina Gershon , Dominique Swain , Nick Cassavetes
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Let's be realistic.
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
John Woo's face off is a stylish action film the likes of which only he can make and get away with. Featuring bullets, bombs and doves flying in slow motion this is a good action film and both the actors Travolta and Cage are in top form, although here Cage takes all the honors with his over the top performance. The premise- that of face transplant is preposterous to say the least but for such films one shouldn't really think too much. This is a great late 90s action film which should give action junkies a good 2 and a half hours of entertainment.
John woo directs a film called face/off which star the academy award winner Nicolas Cage as a villain and John travolta as an FBI agent. The performances on the movie were great and the action in the movie was so awesome. The scences were awesome and this is John woo and Nicolas Cage best movie. This movie by far is the best action movie of the summer and it is a masterpiece. The critics and the audience will like it. I love this movie and it's my favourite action movie of 1997
Face/OffThe concept will take its time to let it sink in but before you do, you find yourself already enjoying these characters of John Woo which offers kick back to the movie and bursts it out of the door.
This movie simply shows why John Woo is the top action director of the last three decades, who reshapes the Hong Kong cinema and highly influences the American cinema. The action sequences are brilliant and well-choreographed as always. The plane chase in the first act, and the Mexican standoff and the speedboat chase in Act 4, are absolutely thrilling and astonishing. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage both give their career-best performances, in the sense that each of them has to play the role of the other actor and that they superbly make it.
