John Woo's best American made film.

Rating: Null/10 (18 November 2001)

FACE/OFF has explosions, amazing gun battles, chases, fist-fights, speedboat chases, jet chases. For the avergae action film-maker thats all you need. But we are talking John Woo, the greatest action director since Akira Kurosawa! Woo gives his film fantastic character development.
Here's the set-up, An FBI agent (John Travolta) hunts down the cold blooded terrorist (Nicholas Cage) who murdered his infant child years ago. The terrorist is knocked into a coma during a chase. The FBI know the terrorist has planted a bomb somewhere, but can't get this info out of the terroists' captured associates. So, Travolta has to have Cage's face grafted on, take on Cage's characterisitics, and try to stop this attack. This is a fast moving film about two dreaded enemies who have to live each other's lives, harm those they love.
This is the best film directed by Hong Kong bred John Woo. A wonderful Woo trademark is how characters and storyline are developed, changed and underlined in the midst of intense action.