John Woo is the King of Action!!!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 1999)

John Woo is the best actiondirector in the world. Face/Off(has nothing to do with the sport called ice-hockey)is his third American film after he arrived from Hong-Kong. John Travolta plays Sean Archer, who is a FBI-agent. Nicolas Cage plays Castor Troy, a psychotic terrorist. While the opening credits are still running, Archers son is killed at a theme park. The murderer is Troy, and this is how Archers obsession of killing Troy starts. 6 years later, Archer and his FBI buddies traps Troy at an airport. Troy reveals that he has hidden a bomb somewhere in L.A., just before Archer blows him away with a jet engine, and Troy falls into a coma. Troy`s brother is the only one who knows where the bomb is hidden, so Archer must take on Troy`s face and body, in order to know where the bomb is. While Archer is undercover in prison, Troy wakes from his coma, takes on Archers face and VOILA`! The two characters have know changed identity.
The fact that John Woo is on board as director is visible in every shot. The action scenes are gorgeous to look at, but not as violent as some people believe. Face/Off is indeed a very violent film, but it is kindergarten when compared to John Woo`s Hong-Kong movies like Hard Boiled and The Killer. However, this does not keep Face/Off from being a very enjoyable movie, that all of you should see. 10/10