Best John Woo action

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2013)

Sean Archer (John Travolta) is an FBI agent who is tracking down super villain Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). Sean is a bit too absent from his wife (Joan Allen) and daughter (Dominique Swain). After capturing Castor and his brother Pollux Troy (Alessandro Nivola), they find a plan for a massive nerve gas bomb. Pollux refuses to talk to anybody but his brother Castor. That's when they come up with a plan to switch faces, but it all backfires.
This is the pinnacle of ridiculousness that is John Woo. And he's loving every bit of it. The action is ridiculous. The story is ridiculous. The science is ridiculous. And most of all, it doesn't matter. John Woo is about big action, lots of gun, and pointing guns at each other without firing. For John Woo fans, it really doesn't get much better than this.
The actors do have to play two polar opposite parts. It's probably not as difficult as one imagines. It's just a matter of keeping track. Both Travolta and Cage do two perfectly sound performances.