Face/Off

1997
R
2h 18m

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Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off (1997)

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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 an... Read allTo 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.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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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

408K

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1,650

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 22 nominations total

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Nicolas Cage breaks down his transcendent performances in Valley Girl, Vampire's Kiss, and Face/Off to reveal how they changed both his career and his life.

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Trivia
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta spent two weeks together before filming to learn how to play each other. They decided on specific gestures and vocal cadences for each character that could be mimicked.

Goofs
(at around 40 mins) The Geneva Convention regulates the treatment of victims and prisoners of war, not criminal prisoners of society. The guard makes a reference to the Geneva Convention simply to intimidate new prisoners and give the impression that the prison guards are not limited to any domestic and international laws that protect mistreatment of prisoners.

Quotes
Castor Troy: [to agent Winters as she poses as a flight attendant] Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours.

Alternate versions
In the Domestic release, the Paramount opening logo is played, and at the end of the film, The still closing version of the Paramount logo is shown; while on the International prints, the Buena Vista International logo is played for 20 seconds before the company credits is shown.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Batman & Robin/Hercules/My Best Friend's Wedding/For Roseanna/Ponette (1997)

Soundtracks
The Hallelujah Chorus - Since By Man Came Death
From oratorio "Messiah"
By George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)
Performed by Boston Baroque Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Martin Pearlman (uncredited)
Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation

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Wow....this one is good

This one has a tough job of convincing the audience that the main characters, Travolta and Cage, could swap faces via plastic surgery and still be convincing as one another. It works! Woo has a certain style down-the long flowing robes, slow mo shootouts, orchestral hype in the background, furious shoot outs, explosions, etc. Essentially a more stylish Bruckheimer movie if ya think about it.

I have always liked the Bald guy and Gina Gershon here the most from the supporting cast, and enjoyed the way both the leads got to 'understand' the others' family, way of life, friends, etc. You have to like how Castor gets Travolta's girl to learn knife fighting, for example, or seeing the camaraderie of Cage's group.

Good shootouts and action, sometimes the conceits here are quite far flung, but you can live with that as an audience. I sure did, and so give this...

*** outta ****, it's quite good