Purporting to be an examination into identity, the 150-minute film has as much introspection as being carded at a bar. Stars John Travolta and Nicolas Cage seem to be having a good time in the motion picture, as did many members of the preview audience. By the long-overdue end, they were greeting violence with glee. That's the spirit of the movies by director John Woo.
Foundation is laid quickly and effectively.
Sean takes it hard and personally, then makes his assignment of tracking Castor into a fanatic quest for vengeance. Castor's captured and comatose. To save L.A., Sean submits to a bizarre surgical procedure. Castor's face will be borrowed and grafted onto Sean's. Other temporary changes in his voice will make him his rival's double.