this ridiculous chin.....

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2011)

FBI Special Agent Sean Archer tries to find a biological weapon placed in Los Angeles by a sadistic terrorist-for-hire and criminal mastermind named Castor Troy.
Archer has hunted Troy for the last 8 years, and is consumed by revenge because Troy is responsible for the death of Archer's son.
To do this, Archer must "borrow" Troy's face using a surgical procedure to go undercover as Troy.
But things go wrong when Troy assumes the identity of Archer.
In 1997, cage owned the summer action movie. with this and Con Air, there were no other action film that year which compared to these two. It wasn't just thanks to cage. These two movies revolutionised action movies for the next few years.
Face/off is beyond silly, but thanks to Woo and two terrific performances from the two leads, it's an unmissable piece of work.
The two effortlessly portray each other with glee, and Travolta seems to be having a blast as Castor Troy.
The set pieces are some of the best ever committed to an action film. The first fifteen minutes of the film is better than any final third of any other action film previously released, and the image of Cage getting out of the car is truly iconic.
The best part of the film though is the house siege, where Cage (as Archer) puts headphones on the little boy so he doesn't get scared.
Then we are treated to a few minutes of brutality to 'over the rainbow'.
Even though the film is over two hours long, it never really gives up, and the narration and editing of this film is flawless.
The ending is a little lame, but doesn't really affect the overall product.
A brilliant action movie, Interesting Science fiction, and a testimony to letting things finally go.