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    Face/Off (1997)

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    In director John Woo’s over-the-top blockbuster, Nicolas Cage plays Castor Troy, a lunatic terrorist who, having planted a bomb somewhere in LA, is put into a coma by his FBI agent nemesis, Sean Archer (John Travolta).

    So, of course, Archer uses ultra-modern plastic surgery to swap faces with Troy to dupe the villain’s associates – including brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) and old flame Sasha (Gina Gershon) – into revealing the bomb’s location.

    Things take a turn for the worse when Troy regains consciousness, steals Archer’s face and assumes the lawman’s identity.

    The mix of bizarre plotting, high-octane thrills and sentimental drama doesn’t always gel, but there are some nice moments, especially when Cage begins to revive Travolta’s stale marriage to Joan Allen, and Woo more than delivers in the overblown action stakes.

    It’s also patently evident that both stars are having a ball sending up each other’s mannerisms.

    Sean Archer
    John Travolta
    Castor Troy
    Nicolas Cage
    Eve Archer
    Joan Allen
    Pollux Troy
    Alessandro Nivola
    Sasha Hassler
    Gina Gershon
    Jamie Archer
    Dominique Swain
    Dietrich Hassler
    Nick Cassavetes
    Lazarro
    Harve Presnell
    Dr Malcolm Walsh
    Colm Feore
    Prison Guard Walton
    John Carroll Lynch
    Hollis Miller
    C C H Pounder
    Tito
    Robert Wisdom
    Wanda
    Margaret Cho
    Buzz
    Jamie Denton
    Loomis
    Matt Ross
    Leo Fry
    Tommy Flanagan
    Lars
    Dana Smith
    Kimberly
    Romy Windsor
    Fitch
    Paul Hipp
    Aldo Adino
    Kirk Baltz
    Dubov
    Chris Bauer
    Burke Hicks
    Thomas Jane
    Agent Winters
    Lauren Sinclair
    Pilot
    Ben Reed
    Cindee
    Lisa Boyle
    Livia
    Linda Hoffman
    Karl
    Danny Masterson
    Michael Archer
    Myles Jeffrey
    Adam Hassler
    David McCurley

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    John Woo

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