Face/Off (1997)
Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review
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4.5 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Shat The Movies' Nicolas Cage block continues with a commission for listener Frank F. And if you thought "Con Air" was wild, we dare you to watch "Face/Off." John Woo's stateside directorial debut had Dick and Gene talking about acceptable Dude Wipe usage, the proper order for face-swapping surgery, gratuitous police deaths, and how two women and one man can make a sex sandwich.
Plot Summary: "Face/Off"
In the 1997 action-thriller Face/Off, directed by John Woo, John Travolta stars as Sean Archer, an FBI agent obsessed with capturing Castor Troy, a notorious terrorist played by Nicolas Cage. Years earlier, Troy murdered Archer's young son, sparking a relentless pursuit. Archer finally captures Troy after a dramatic and intense shootout. However, Archer's victory is bittersweet, as he discovers that Troy has planted a deadly bomb in Los Angeles set to detonate soon, and only Troy's imprisoned brother, Pollux Troy, knows its location.
To extract the bomb's location, Archer undergoes a radical and secretive surgical procedure to swap faces with the comatose Troy, adopting his enemy's identity. Disguised as Castor Troy, Archer enters a high-security prison to gain information from Pollux. But the mission goes disastrously wrong when the real Troy awakens from his coma and forces the surgeons to swap his face with Archer's, taking over his enemy's life. Now, Troy lives freely as Archer, assuming his role in the FBI and infiltrating his family, including his wife, Eve (Joan Allen), and daughter, Jamie (Dominique Swain).
Trapped in Troy's body and on the run, Archer must navigate the criminal underworld to survive, reclaim his true identity, and stop Troy from destroying his life and loved ones. What follows is a gripping game of cat and mouse filled with explosive action, high-speed chases, and intense shootouts. As both men exploit their new identities, they blur the lines between hero and villain, leading to a climactic showdown that tests their limits.
Face/Off delivers a unique blend of psychological drama and over-the-top action, featuring standout performances by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta as they expertly swap roles. Tune into our podcast review to see if this 90s classic still captivates modern audiences with its blend of thrilling action and complex characters
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, did I tell you I'm gonna go meet my daughter? |
| 0:02.2 | I haven't seen my daughter, I'm getting out this month. |
| 0:04.8 | Yeah, she's gonna be eight years old. |
| 0:06.4 | Did I tell you, I'm a Dondey esta la biblioteca, |
| 0:09.2 | I learned Spanish and present. |
| 0:11.2 | Remember when we first met John McLean? |
| 0:14.0 | Our god picked him up from the plane and took him down the Nakatomi Tower at the Christmas |
| 0:20.6 | Party and the terrorists were over zealous but it was sweet when they killed |
| 0:26.0 | Ellis and with a little help from Allen John McLean |
| 0:30.0 | McLean kicked us. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back to Shatt the movies, the podcast where we answered the question |
| 0:34.7 | for the movies we loved when we were growing up really that good. If ever caught |
| 0:38.4 | yourself thinking why don't they make movies like they used to? Can you still |
| 0:41.4 | remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect |
| 0:43.4 | movie rental blockbuster video? Do you know what blockbuster video is? If you answered yes, and this is the |
| 0:48.3 | podcast for you. I am one of your hosts Gene Lyons and alongside me is my co-host Big D. D. D. Ebert. |
| 0:54.0 | Good evening. |
| 0:55.0 | And each week we took a look back in time to decide if our favorite film still hold up. |
| 0:59.0 | The movies we cover are chosen by you the listeners who generously commissioned the films you love. |
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| 1:09.1 | At the end of each podcast, we'll provide you the audience to the number of wipes |
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