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Oscar (R) winning superstar Nicholas Cage (Con Air) and screen icon John Travolta (Pulp Fiction) battle head to head in Face/Off...the ultimate cat and mouse thriller directed by the world's most acclaimed action firm director, John Woo! To avenge the senseless murder of his son, FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) undergoes a radical new surgery allowing him to switch faces with the comatose terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) and resume his identity, But when Castor awakens and assumes Sean's identity, the real Sean is thrust into an unimaginable nightmare, fighting not only for his life but also those of his wife (Joan Allen - Nixon) and daughter! Brilliant performances and mind-numbing visual effects make Face/Off the explosive action thriller you've got to see to believe!

1997 · 2h 18m
Director John Woo

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Face/Off

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Oscar (R) winning superstar Nicholas Cage (Con Air) and screen icon John Travolta (Pulp Fiction) battle head to head in Face/Off...the ultimate cat and mouse thriller directed by the world's most acclaimed action firm director, John Woo! To avenge the senseless murder of his son, FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) undergoes a radical new surgery allowing him to switch faces with the comatose terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) and resume his identity, But when Castor awakens and assumes Sean's identity, the real Sean is thrust into an unimaginable nightmare, fighting not only for his life but also those of his wife (Joan Allen - Nixon) and daughter! Brilliant performances and mind-numbing visual effects make Face/Off the explosive action thriller you've got to see to believe!

COMMON SENSE

'90s sci-fi crime thriller is extremely violent.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8
Reviews 97
Fresh 90
Rotten 7

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Studio
Paramount
Released
1997
Run Time
2 hr 18 min
Rated
R For intense sequences of strong violence, and for strong language.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1997 TOUCHSTONE PICTURES

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (Canada) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), French (Canada) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.