1997 · action · thriller
Face/Off
Directed by John Woo2h 19m1997
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Our read: Face/Off (1997) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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“You want operatic John Woo action with Cage and Travolta at maximum intensity.”
Skip it tonight — Gunfire ballets and face-swap premise feel too absurd or dated.
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