Nice action. Plot missing.

Rating: 6/10 (21 July 2000)

Face/Off is an action film, and that's the only thing you're going to see. Using the long-bashed motive of switched identity (though in a quite unusual way), the film just makes excuses for more gunshots and explosions. The "dramatic" parts of the film are shallow, and the plot is predictable.
The action is fun, but there ain't any more to it. However, I still give it 3 out of 5. If you're going to see an action film by John Woo, you'd better see M:I2, which is not all that better.