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Face/Off | 
 enlarge | Director: John Woo
Actors: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  356 reviews
Sales Rank: 10379
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD154957D
ISBN: 0792152964
UPC: 097361549521
EAN: 9780792152965
ASIN: 630512762X
Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 1997
Release Date: October 7, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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At his best, director John Woo turns action movies into ballets of blood and bullets grounded in character drama. Face/Off marks Woo's first American film to reach the pitched level of his best Hong Kong work (Hard-Boiled). He takes a patently absurd premise--hero and villain exchange identities by literally swapping faces in science-fiction plastic surgery--and creates a double-barreled revenge film driven by the split psyches of its newly redefined characters. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must play the villain to move through the underworld while psychotic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) becomes a perversely paternal family man while using every tool at his disposal to destroy his nemesis. Travolta vamps Cage's tics and flamboyant excess with the grace of a dancer after his transformation from cop to criminal, while Cage plays the sullen, bottled-up agent excruciatingly trapped behind the face of the man who killed his son. His attempts to live up to the terrorist's reputation become cathartic explosions of violence that both thrill and terrify him. This is merely icing on the cake for action fans, the dramatic backbone for some of the most visceral action thrills ever. Woo fills the screen with one show-stopping set piece after another, bringing a poetic grace to the action freakout with sweeping camerawork and sophisticated editing. This marriage of melodrama and mayhem ups the ante from cops-and-robbers cliches to a conflict of near-mythic levels. --Sean Axmaker
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At his best, director John Woo turns action movies into ballets of blood and bullets grounded in character drama. Face/Off marks Woo's first American film to reach the pitched level of his best Hong Kong work (Hard-Boiled). He takes a patently absurd premise--hero and villain exchange identities by literally swapping faces in science-fiction plastic surgery--and creates a double-barreled revenge film driven by the split psyches of its newly redefined characters. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must play the villain to move through the underworld while psychotic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) becomes a perversely paternal family man while using every tool at his disposal to destroy his nemesis. Travolta vamps Cage's tics and flamboyant excess with the grace of a dancer after his transformation from cop to criminal, while Cage plays the sullen, bottled-up agent excruciatingly trapped behind the face of the man who killed his son. His attempts to live up to the terrorist's reputation become cathartic explosions of violence that both thrill and terrify him. This is merely icing on the cake for action fans, the dramatic backbone for some of the most visceral action thrills ever. Woo fills the screen with one show-stopping set piece after another, bringing a poetic grace to the action freakout with sweeping camerawork and sophisticated editing. This marriage of melodrama and mayhem ups the ante from cops-and-robbers cliches to a conflict of near-mythic levels. --Sean Axmaker
Product Description
Relentless fbi agent sean archer must go dangerously undercover to investigate the location of a lethal biological weapon planted by his arch rival the sadistic terrorist-for-hire castor troy. After undergoing a radical surgical procedure archer borrows troys face and identity. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: John Travolta Joan Allen Run time: 140 minutes Rating: R Director: John Woo
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 Good, but not the greatest John Woo film made. June 25, 2009
Cedric Cash (New Mexico)
This NOT the greatest Joh woo film that he has ever made; at least as a director for an American production film/Company.
There are some fun action scenes and cool explosive shoot-outs, but the plot lacks slightly. The idea of J. Travolta being changed to a "mad-man" (aka. Nicholas Cage), but that is the most interesting portion of the whole movie.
The rest of the movie is only good during the action scenes, NOT during the dialogue of the other scenes. If you really want to watch a GREAT John Woo movie watch: BROKEN ARROW -or- PAYCHECK -or- his hong kong flicks, with Chow-Yun Fat.
 "I'm ready, ready for the big ride baby! " March 23, 2009
Sebastian Sanjurjo (Miami FL)
John Woo has always been a master behind the camera. But unfortunately his American films have never been so great. This is by far his best attempt at an American Hollywood Blockbuster. The story, the pace, the action are all beyond perfect in this amazing action thriller.
John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in this flick as two different men, one is the law and the other a criminal that wants to unleash terror. Who is who is for you to see, either way both will switch roles. To clarify for those who haven't seen it. Sean Archer (Travolta) is in urge for revenge after his son is murdered by a dangerous and insane terrorist known as Castor Troy (Cage). Castor is eventually captured by Archer...but he needs immediately the location of explosives that are ready to detonate. Since no one will tell him the location...he will have to become him. Literally.
It seems sort of silly when you think about it, but the writers wrote the script in a fashion that we forget the disbelief and take it for what it is...a movie. Not to mention Woo's amazing gun fu sequences which are exhilarating! The best since Hard Boiled and The Killer. I honestly can't think of anything big to criticize about this flick, it's by far a perfect action movie. This is definitely a must see on a surround sound system. A must own by all means!!
MY PERSONAL RATING: 5 OUT OF 5
GREAT!!!!! January 12, 2009
Brandon M. Guskey (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Love the movie...my g/f was more than happy when she opened it for christmas...would do business with anytime
Great acting, good blu-ray video & audio. December 27, 2008
Totally Honest Reviewer (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The acting by Nicholas Cage and John Travolta is fantastic in this movie, but there is too much vulgar language for my taste. The blu-ray quality is top-notch. There are a lot of special features included, and I especially enjoyed watching "making of Face/Off". The story seems like science fiction, however, I understand that face replacement now has been done and is actually a reality. Other than the bad language, the movie is well-presented and worth watching.
Thank YOU! November 27, 2008
Tiffany Ann Gomez (Los Indios, TX)
I am so happy with my dvd. Not only is it a great movie, the seller got it to me super fast!
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