Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
Lightdeossk
Captivating movie !
Motompa
Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
vincentgeorge-98430
John Woo's face off is a stylish action film the likes of which only he can make and get away with. Featuring bullets, bombs and doves flying in slow motion this is a good action film and both the actors Travolta and Cage are in top form, although here Cage takes all the honors with his over the top performance. The premise- that of face transplant is preposterous to say the least but for such films one shouldn't really think too much. This is a great late 90s action film which should give action junkies a good 2 and a half hours of entertainment.
classicsoncall
The sci-fi aspect of the story is commendable but things get somewhat preposterous rather quickly. The difference in size between John Travolta and Nicolas Cage should have triggered some kind of reaction in the other characters they dealt with, not to mention their proportionally different shaped heads. Travolta's is a lot rounder while Cage has a more elongated aspect. Certainly Sean Archer's wife Eva (Joan Allen) should have figured something was wrong when she shared a bed with Sean's replacement. Additionally, as Archer (Travolta) assumed Castor Troy's (Cage) identity, he didn't have much of a problem with multiple law enforcement authorities getting killed in the line of duty, not to mention stealing a car when the opportunity arose. Some FBI agent! I'll say this, if Nicolas Cage wasn't a pro-wrestling fan I'd be surprised. During the jail break with Ivan Dubov (Chris Bauer), he let out with a handful of Whoo's! that would have made Ric Flair proud. You know, I thought it was pretty dumb when Sean (as Castor) derided brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) after learning of the bomb plant at the Los Angeles Convention Center. That was just an unforced error that wasn't necessary.The film's primary audience is the action/adventure crowd and on that score the picture delivers. The boat crash to wind things up at the finale is simply spectacular, even if the logistics of the high speed chase on water defies credibility. With identities back in place for the closing scene, anyone who didn't see Sasha's (Gina Gershon) son Adam coming around to fill the vacuum left by young Michael (Myles Jeffrey) from the film's opening scene, well you just weren't paying attention. All's well that ends well I guess.
GET-your-ASS-to-MARS
"Ooooh, ain't you good lookin'? You're hot!". Cage and Travolta bounce off each other in one of the best action flicks of the 90s. This is one third of the Nicholas Cage "holy trinity" collection (The Rock and Con Air being the other two). Great one liners, great action and an outrageous plot. Plus the token John Woo slow motions, stylish as usual. Love it!!
Tom
John Woo is well known for his action films. Some are good, some aren't. Face/Off could have been among his best and also among one of the best action films ever made. But Woo insisted on one major drawback throughout the entire film. His ridiculous and continuous use of slow motion during virtually every single action scene, and there are probably dozens.
If Woo had a scene where a bicycle flew off a cliff he'd have it explode. There's no such scene in this movie thank goodness, but I wouldn't put it past him. Explosions can be highly entertaining but only if they fit the scene. Blowing up everything in sight just because you can is lazy. Apparently the majority of reviewers here fell for Woo's lame tricks where instead of him saying watch my movie he's screaming look at me. Oh well, what can you expect in a world filled with sheep?
