Face/Off

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Commentaries by director John Woo and writers Mike Werb and Michael Colleary; 7 deleted scenes - including an alternate ending with optional commentary.
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, CCH Pounder.
FBI Special Agent Sean Archer is trying to find a biological weapon that has been placed in Los Angeles by the sadistic terrorist-for-hire and criminal mastermind Castor Troy. Archer has been hunting Troy for the last 8 years and is consumed by revenge because Troy is responsible for the death of Archer's son. To do this, Archer must 'borrow' Troy's face using a surgical procedure to go undercover as Troy, but things go wrong when Troy assumes the identity of Archer.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced); Dolby DTS 6.1 surround, Dolby Digital EX 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, NTSC.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Silly and Fun submitted by timdufresne on July 29, 2018, 9:57am This s a pretty good action movie with a goofy silly premise. Great watch, tons of fun!

Awesome action scenes submitted by dave_472 on July 18, 2020, 11:41am I loved this movie, got me into Cage and Travolta, awesome action and suspense!

Bonkers submitted by SaraP on July 30, 2020, 9:20am This movie is so crazy. It really doesn't make sense. The premiss is ridiculous. You need to see it. It's awesome.

face/off submitted by qmomo on November 4, 2020, 10:33pm this is a cinematic experience like no other...it kind of defies normal concepts like "good" and " bad" it's just its own thing

the script is preposterous but the action and the plot pretty good, I said when I first saw it. submitted by Tassos on April 17, 2021, 10:12pm Watchable, not a moment of boredom. For movie greatness, go elsewhere (Alfred Hitchcock, for example)
I wrote this when I first saw this worthless POS, in April 2021. I don't know what the hell I was thinking.

THis is a LUDICROUS movie. I tried to see it a second time, but have zero tolerance for its IDIOTIC script and preposterous garbage sci-fi-pretend allegations. I currently have it on mute and I am on my way to eject it from the blue-ray player and return it. Ir's all yours.

Over the top submitted by mandevil on August 4, 2021, 1:01am Somewhere in this mess is a pretty good movie. Unfortunately there are way too many unnecessary shoot outs, buildings exploding, boat chases. In spite of this both Travolta and Cage give impressive performances

Face/Off submitted by rjfernandorizzo on August 6, 2022, 12:00pm Prerequisites for enjoying this movie include an appreciation for the ridiculous and/or a willingness to suspend a hell of a lot of disbelief. Do yourself a favor and enjoy this beautiful mess for what it is.

Classic Woo Action Flick submitted by berger_d on August 5, 2023, 7:07pm So to get it out of the way up front: this movie is utterly ridiculous: unrealistic, insane, with both Travolta and Cage chewing on very bit of scenery available. It's just a completely over-the-top action nestled in a storyline that demands so so much suspension of disbelief. Loved.every.minute. 5/5