Story Line
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
“In order to trap him, he must become him.”
Top Cast
John Travolta
Sean Archer
Nicolas Cage
Castor Troy
Joan Allen
Eve Archer
Alessandro Nivola
Pollux Troy
Gina Gershon
Sasha Hassler
Dominique Swain
Jamie Archer
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1997-06-27
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
ActionCrimeScience Fiction
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
10/10
•7/1/2019It's like looking in a mirror, only, not.
There's a tendency to undervalue the action movie. Certainly there's a wide expanse of land in cinema world where film fans reside, where the thought of praising an action film for being "classic" cinema i...
r96sk
9/10
•10/18/2020A quality all-out action film!
<em>'Face/Off'</em> isn't one that'll stick out in my memory as something deep meaning, incredibly written or anything of the sort. However, as an action film it's superb. There's barely a chance to rethink what you'...
Andre Gonzales
8/10
•5/15/2023Never seen a concept for movie this way. They literally trade faces. Good versus evil and not only do they trade faces but there characters and personalities have to change as well. 2 of the best that could ever do it. John turns into Nicholas and Ni...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•1/6/2026“Troy” (Nicolas Cage) is a nasty piece of work, and his latest bombing plot has attracted the attention of FBI man “Archer” (John Travolta). Now he has some personal skin in the game, as his nemesis was responsible for the death of his young son - an...