John Woo's Face/Off puts the acting into action flick...
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04/12/02
Face Off (1997)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:15
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: The ordeal of superheroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) is only beginning after finally capturing his archnemesis, Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage), an elusive, maniacal... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola
Director: John Woo
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Reviews for Face Off
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Top CriticScenes of high-voltage action vie with wild hilarity as two guys with guns switch faces and identities.
05/11/01
Top CriticIt's difficult to describe the jolt his films deliver when [Woo]'s on, and he is on with a vengeance here.
02/14/01
Top CriticWatching John Travolta and Nicolas Cage square off and literally exchange roles brings back the old-fashioned pleasure of astutely judged movie star pairings in a major way.
02/14/01
Top CriticWith Face/Off, John Woo, the Hong Kong auteur (The Killer, Hard Boiled), has made his smartest, wildest, positively Woo-siest American thriller.
01/01/00
Top CriticMost enjoyable blockbuster of the summer.
01/01/00
Top Criticcapable of moments of rare cinematic perfection
01/01/00
Top CriticHere comes a mega-movie that actually delivers what mega-movies promise...
01/01/00
Top CriticIf there has been a major Hollywood release with a higher body count, I don't remember it.
01/01/00
Top CriticA dizzying, beautiful ride.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is grand moviemaking with grand acting.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's the picture that proves action films don't have to be silly, that a few thrill sequences don't mean every other value has to be shot to pieces.
01/01/00
Top CriticYou see what thickets this plot constructs; it's as if Travolta adds the spin courtesy of Cage's personality, while Cage mellows in the direction of Travolta.
01/01/00
Top CriticFlorid, passionate, frequently hilarious and loaded with messy emotions that nobody in his or her right mind should even attempt to explain, it's operatic in its nutball intensity.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
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