Face/Off

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 1997

8.8	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 739 Ratings

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MattC.Oct 6, 2005

How many poor souls this movie has hoodwinked! Epic hams Cage and Travolta maul the scenery; they do not act as much as make spectacles of themselves. The plot is riveted with as many bulletholes as there are at the end of a cliched Woo How many poor souls this movie has hoodwinked! Epic hams Cage and Travolta maul the scenery; they do not act as much as make spectacles of themselves. The plot is riveted with as many bulletholes as there are at the end of a cliched Woo action scene. Once second Cage is on an oil rig in the ocean-- the next he is on dry land. Enough with the doves, Woo; it's tired.… Expand

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gracjanskiFeb 7, 2021

John Woo..that means countless illogical scenes, a lot of slow motion, that makes the movie too long and style style style. Of course the story is stupid. The only good thing in this movies are John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.

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Tyrant719Jun 15, 2021

After watching this movie and reading the reviews, I finally realize why ignorant **** like Transformers and The Fast & Furious franchise make money. How can you people actually try to defend this movie as some sort of craft and not justAfter watching this movie and reading the reviews, I finally realize why ignorant **** like Transformers and The Fast & Furious franchise make money. How can you people actually try to defend this movie as some sort of craft and not just action stereotypes thrown together? The acting is not intentionally bad. If these actors were doing these performances as some sort of ironic disrespect of the material, I might respect it. In retrospect, however, both Travolta’s and Cage’s careers have shown that this is the result of them ACTUALLY TRYING. That’s embarrassing to say the least. Typical of two privileged Hollywood types who have found a way to entrench themselves in the system. The ONLY entertainment value this movie has is watching it to make fun of it. … Expand

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Steven1981Mar 18, 2020

Face/Off... John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in this action blockbuster, Travolta being the good guy thinks it's a good idea to swap faces with villain Castor Troy (Cage) in order to stop him. The plan worked but this film was executedFace/Off... John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in this action blockbuster, Travolta being the good guy thinks it's a good idea to swap faces with villain Castor Troy (Cage) in order to stop him. The plan worked but this film was executed poorly, the action was good but silly in some parts, the quotes are forgettable and most of the characters are annoying as hell. Nicolas Cages performance is crap, well over the top and dumb. John Travolta's acting was superb but he couldn't stop this film being crap. Directed by John Woo (Broken Arrow, Hard Target) this film sinks like the Titanic in so many ways.… Expand

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OriginalDangerSep 7, 2020

Face/Off is a 1997 action, crime thriller that stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta... Travolta stars as FBI agent Sean Archer and is in pursuit of Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) and wants to capture him, kill him or whatever but in order toFace/Off is a 1997 action, crime thriller that stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta... Travolta stars as FBI agent Sean Archer and is in pursuit of Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) and wants to capture him, kill him or whatever but in order to capture him he must become him but laser surgery procedure to remove his face and have Troy's face and vice versa. Face/Off is full of explosions, chases, shootouts, bad language, blood and violence in traditional John Woo fashion... Director John Woo puts loads of action scenes into Face/Off but it's way over the top and silly. It's also depressing and Nicolas Cage is horrible in the movie and John Travolta is better but it's still a horrible movie even with the over the top violence and Gina Gershon in the movie looks out of place to me. She was just ridiculous and Dominique Swain was excellent in the film but all in all completely stupid film and very depressing and way over acted and over the top.… Expand

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jamesmitchell28May 3, 2021

It starts off well but as soon as their faces swap, it sinks real low. John Woo's action sequences were not enough to salvage this violent, overwrought mess. It gets worse when one who's in a different face, meets his wife in one lousyIt starts off well but as soon as their faces swap, it sinks real low. John Woo's action sequences were not enough to salvage this violent, overwrought mess. It gets worse when one who's in a different face, meets his wife in one lousy sequence. This movie just sucks!… Expand

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