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Face/Off is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by John Woo released in USA on 27 june 1997 with John Travolta
Face/Off (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 june 1997
Length 2h18
Directed by John Woo
OriginUSA
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films, Escroquerie
Rating72%
Face/Off is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Travolta plays an FBI agent and Cage plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume each other's physical appearance. It was the first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creative control. The film went on to gross $245 million worldwide. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger) at the 70th Academy Awards.
Synopsis
FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (Travolta) has a personal vendetta against civil freelance terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) who six years earlier killed Archer's son Michael while trying to assassinate Archer. Archer lays an ambush to capture Castor and his younger brother and terrorist accomplice Pollux at a small Los Angeles airport. During the ambush, Castor goads Archer with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in the city set to go off in a few days, but is knocked into a coma before Archer can learn more.Actors
John Travolta
(Sean Archer)
Nicolas Cage
(Castor Troy)
Joan Allen
(Eve Archer)
Gina Gershon
(Sasha Hassler)
Dominique Swain
(Jamie Archer)
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