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Face/Off (1997)

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Release Date: June 27, 1997
On DVD: September 11, 2007
Genre: Action
Running Time: 138 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for intense sequences of strong violence, and for strong language.
Director: John Woo
Writer: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary, Wesley Strick
Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, CCH Pounder, Robert Wisdom, Margaret Cho, Jamie Denton

Castor Troy sits under the trees, watching the father and son circle round and round the Merry-go-round. His eyes settle on the man's back through a high-powered scope, and, without any mercy in his fingers, squeezes the trigger. FBI Agent Sean Archer falls to the ground, a bloody hole in his back. Castor Troy stands up, his eyes widening in horror, and Sean Archer looks over at his son. The bullet passed straight through his Read more

Movie Review

Grade: A+ Face/Off is by far the best action movie ever. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage are the ultimate rivals in this blast-em-up thriller, and John Woo creates a stimulating movie with great choreography. His film techniques are excellent; the pigeons in the church, the flapping of Cage's jacket as steps outside, and a dozen other scenes... The story is just as good- there actually is one. It will be a long time before we see a movie that tops Face/Off. Read the full movie review

User Comments & Reviews

Face off, by meg ritchie

December 17, 2007

Face Off has been "my movie of the decade" since it was released. I believe that the most moving part of the movie was when Castor Troy (wearing the features of Sean Archer) visited the incarcerated Sean Archer (wearing the features of Castor )Troy). The viewers were really made to experience the psychological pain of the good guy who was seemingly trapped and outsmarted by the bad guy.

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