| Director: | John Woo |
| Writers: | Mike Werb and Michael Colleary |
| Director of Photography: | Oliver Wood |
| Editor: | Christian Wagner |
| Music: | John Powell |
| Production Designer: | Neil Spisak |
| Producers: | David Permut, Barrie M. Osborne, Terence Chang and Christopher Godsick |
| Paramount; R; 150 minutes | |
| Release: | 6/97 |
| Cast: | John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes and Colm Feore |
Face/Off has it all: nonstop action, creative (though a far-fetched) plot, intelligence, wit and superb acting. But at times, there's a little too much of everything. Several scenes could have easily been cut in half without losing any of the operatic intensity. Deranged terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) killed 5-year-old Michael Archer with a bullet intended for his FBI agent dad, Sean (Travolta). Six years later, Sean is still out for Castor's tail, and gets it after a long, windy battle that leaves Castor in a coma. While Castor lies in a hospital bed, a bomb ticks away somewhere in LA, and Castor's imprisoned brother, Pollux (Nivola), is the only other person who knows its whereabouts. Sean undergoes a top-secret operation that exchanges his face and body with that of Castor's so he can get Pollux to talk. While Sean suffers in a maximum-security prison, Castor wakes, has the same surgery and poses as Sean. Face/Off is what a summer blockbuster is meant to be.
