Face Off One Of The Best Action Films Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2009)

Face Off is one of the best action films ever made from acclaimed Hong Kong director John Woo. He's also the man behind films like Broken Arrow, Paycheck, and Windtalkers. The movie stars John Travolta and Nicolas Cage who really get to show their acting chops playing arch enemies caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. For those of you who haven't seen it I won't tell you anything else about the movie other than it was awesome. Its one of my favorite movies because of the story, the characters, the action, drama, suspense, and humor. John Travolta is fantastic as Sean Archer a determined FBI Agent and Nicolas Cage is equally impressive as his nemesis Castor Troy a psychopathic terrorist. The rest of the supporting cast including Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Nick Cassavates, and Alessandro Nivola are excellent in their roles adding a lot to each of their characters in the movie. With plenty of action, drama, suspense, thrills, and powerhouse performances from both of it's lead actors (especially when their characters switch identities) you can't go wrong with a movie like Face Off. Even with a running time of 140 minutes the movie is never slow at least not to me. So what are you wait for? Go see see it. You won't regret it.