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      Face/Off

      1997, Action, 2h 18m

      93 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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      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. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      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.

      • Rating: R

      • Genre: Action

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: John Woo

      • Producer: David Permut, Barrie M. Osborne

      • Writer: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $112.3M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures

      • Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures

      • Sound Mix: Surround

      Cast & Crew

      John Travolta
      Nicolas Cage
      Joan Allen
      Gina Gershon
      Dominique Swain
      Nick Cassavetes
      Harve Presnell
      Colm Feore
      John Carroll Lynch
      CCH Pounder
      Robert Wisdom
      John Woo
      Mike Werb
      Michael Douglas
      Jonathan D. Krane
      Steven Reuther
      Andrew Farriss
      Gavin Greenaway
      Michael Hutchence
      John Powell
      Michael A. Reagan
      Oliver Wood
      Steven Kemper
      Neil Spisak
      Steve Arnold
      Garrett Lewis

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      • May 06, 2016

        Well for a start you can't knock this film for being the same old action film, It stands out from the rest thanks to a great well told plot that yes is very silly but works very well, Travolta and Cage work well together and play both their parts very well good and evil, I'm not the biggest Woo fan as I always find his over the top action to just get too silly to take seriously, But it's Woos best film and will probably remain to be too, It's full of well shot action scenes that are great fun, I did feel the ending could if had an extra twist as I'm not the biggest fan of happy endings but maybe it was the right choice overall, Great entertainment from start to finish and that's all we ask for in a action film.

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      • Apr 20, 2014

        Kept me at the edge of my seat.

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      • Jun 13, 2013

        This film might have been better if done with today's CGI. But then again, maybe not. The story's kinda foolish and no amount of modern technology can make it seem like Travolta can act. Travolta is the single worst element of this film -- his acting is so bad, it's a distraction.

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