Best movie of this year hands down!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Nicolas Cage and John Travolta face off, in, err, in Face Off, where they literally have a face off. Confused? Meh - don't be, it's a no brainer action film more than a thought provoking epic. Travolta is a cop, Cage is criminal. Cage gets captured and ends up in a coma, but the cops need to know what Cage knew, so they get Travolta to very literally swap faces with Cage - because it's that easy, quick and clean :D . Travolta, as Cage, then goes undercover as Cage to stop a terrorist plot - but unbeknown to Travolta, Cage comes out of his coma and escapes. He put on Travolta's face - living as Travolta with his wife and child. Cage destroys all the evidence previously linking him and his gang to the crimes, and while he's at it he destroys the facility (and staff) who can reverse the face swap procedure. Cage and Travolta meet, setting up a twist in the plot, confirming that Travolta (as Cage) needs to become more criminal if he's going to escape the prison he's in, while Cage (as Travolta) needs to be a little nicer if he's going to get away with things scot free. Of course, the middle ground shows what both of them would be like, if in their own lives, they took a characteristic of each other. This film comes straight from the 90's, where a fart of an idea would end up being the plot for an action movie. A lot of the acting is over the top, but intentionally done so in order to allow Travolta and Cage to mimic one and other, plus it gives the audience an easy in to see who is who, despite the faces appearing on-screen. There is plenty of action - there are plenty of gun shots (most of which seem to miss - in a small room Cage and Travolta can unload automatic guns and still miss each other, but when aiming for henchmen they seem to have pin point accuracy), but don't be surprised to see stunt cables, visible squibs or planted explosives on display - a bit lazy. This film was never going to win any major awards, but it won't drive you to smashing up the TV if you happen to catch it repeated one night. It's not the worst film but I've got to be realistic when rating it and compare it to other films of the era and genre, I can only give this a 5 out of 10 at most. A typical John Woo film, lots of action, little plot, stylised imagery, hardly any depth, a little bit corny, featuring totally unrealistic occurrences for the hell of it. The film probably helped John Woo's cult status, but it didn't do anything to move cinema forward.

In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent. Face/Off is one of my favorite John Travolta but also Nicolas Cage movies in general, it's a terrific film with incredible perfomances by both Cage and Travolta but also full of suspense alongside incredible direction by John Woo and a very interesting and cool storyline and to be honest i would have loved it just as much if Stallone and Schwarzenegger were in it as they were originally were supposed to be in. Definitely one of Woo's best alongside M:II

An action that isn't referenced, at a later point is the lack of an action that is referenced at a later point. A lack of an action is neither an action or an emptiness - the lack of an action is the possession of no action.At a later point, the possession of no action is something that's being made known. A later point is the future. The future is a detachment - a detachment is the possession of no action that's made known.A reference is a detachment. A detachment is the possession of no action that's a detachment - a detachment is the detachment of the possession of no action.A detachment is a loss. A loss is the loss of the possession of no action. A possession of no action is the loss of action. A loss is the loss of the loss of action.A loss of action is a gain of no action. A gain of no action is a gain of no violence. A loss is a loss of the gain of no violence - a loss is a loss of the gain of peace. A loss of the gain of peace is a gain of the loss of violence - a gain of the loss of violence is a gain of the gain of peace. A loss is a gain of the gain of peace - a gain is the loss of the loss of violence. Losing violence isn't enough; actual balance is when the force that removes violence is also subjected to scrutiny.Removing violence is important. However, what's just as important is to not indulge in the satisfaction of losing violence

Looking back at the time period from 1996 to 2001, we had a lot of bad movies come out, but the ones that were good and really do hold up are all the more awesome. This is one of the greatest action movies I've ever seen. It's my favorite Nicolas Cage movie and my favorite John Travolta movie. I just love this film for how utterly entertaining it is in every way imaginable. It has tons of explosions and great action scene after great action scene. I guess the movie itself isn't very intelligent, but the thing is, there's so much effort put into it! I love these actors and characters. Travolta and Cage seem to be going absolutely bonkers in this movie with exaggerated facial expressions and yells everywhere. In a lesser film, that would be annoying but here it's just icing on the cake for the great scenery, camera angles, original ideas, and great backstories. I really do sincerely sympathize with these characters and I wanted them to get out okay! The pacing is just incredible. It's pretty long, but it's worth it just to see all this cool stuff go on and on.The emotions are amazingly strong in this. Every single actor is right there in the moment. They're doing everything they can to understand not just their characters, but each other's characters. The scene with the face transplant is seriously one of the most intense I have ever seen in any movie. Then there's the scene where Cage awakens with no face and we finally get to see him in the reflection. It's such a haunting scene. There's so much variety in all the action and I found myself rooting for these fun and wacky characters. True, a lot of it doesn't make sense, but it's enjoyable popcorn fun from start to finish. ****