Face/OffAfter a couple of attempts at transferring his unquestionable talent to Hollywood, Hong Kong action king Woo finally gets it right. Travolta plays FBI agent Sean Archer, obsessed with mercenary supervillain Castor Troy (Cage), the man responsible for the death of his son. When Troy is believed dead, Archer assumes his identity to stop a terrorist bombing, taking on his face with the help of advanced surgery. But Troy is merely in a coma, and when he revives, he finds Archer's face to hand. Wickedly inventive and consistently playful, Face/Off sets new standards for a genre which plays safe and predictable too often. |
