"In order to know a bad flick, you must see a bad flick."

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 1999)

I suppose if you left your brain with the usher you might find this movie to be moderately "fun" and "enjoyable." If you're the type of person easily broiled by countless flaws, that's a whole other story.
I found myself 20 minutes into the movie not enjoying it, but counting flaws. Sure, a movie could be really fun even with a few loopholes here and there, but "Face/Off" had a TON of 'em. Moreover, the film just bored me, stiff. And tell me this is not an original storyline! Whoever plotted this movie probably rented a bunch of similar movies the very same night it took to write it. I usually just sit down and try to be comfortable whenever I watch a Hollywood action movie, regardless of content, but with this, I was annoyed. It covered up its weakness with over-the-top lacho-drum/ chase scenes, laughable dialogue and other pretentiousness of the sort. I wonder why so many people bought into it?
Was Cage ("Castor Troy") supposed to be creepy and villainlike? Everytime he kissed a woman, his character would say "peaches." If you want to cast a merciless terrorist character you'd get someone like John Malkovich, or Bruce Willis, or even Michael Wincott (The main kingpin in "The Crow") but Cage's portryal was about as endearing as a young child trying to sell lemonade. Travolta's role as the "so-called" hero is unsympathetic and long winded, and the endless shots of his cheeks only leads me to believe he needs facial liposuction.
John Woo needs to stick to making movies in Hong Kong, not that he makes bad ones, but that Hollywood affiliation seriously ruins them.