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FULL WATCHALONG ~ FACE/OFF
🕑 Added 2024-11-23 21:08:54 +0000 UTCFace/Off (1997) is the brilliantly bonkers action flick where John Travolta and Nicolas Cage decide the only way to defeat each other is to become each other—literally. Directed by John Woo, this cinematic fever dream pits FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) against terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) after a face-swapping surgery so outlandish, it feels like it was brainstormed during a particularly weird episode of Grey’s Anatomy. What follows is a two-hour spectacle of bullet ballets, explosions, and some of the most wildly entertaining overacting you’ll ever see.
And let’s not forget the real MVP of this film: Travolta’s family’s inexplicably weird “face waterfall” gesture, where they lovingly run their hands down each other’s faces like they’re checking for smudges. Is it heartfelt? Is it creepy? Who’s to say? All we know is, by the third time someone got face-waterfalled, we were laughing harder than during Cage’s manic monologues. If anything, it’s a good thing everyone swapped faces—otherwise, how would they even know who was family?
With its over-the-top premise, ridiculous sincerity, and the kind of action sequences that would make Michael Bay jealous, Face/Off is a wild ride that proves two things: Nicolas Cage is unhinged (in the best way), and the true hallmark of love is a good ol’ face caress.
Comments
skeety vanstinkles
Pretty sure O Neg is the universal face donor.
hobocamp
btw since I'm in the mood (drunk) I gotta throw in some more obscure Nic Cage recommends: good/serious: Lord of War, Bringing out the Dead, Mandy, The Weather Man fun/funny: Matchstick Men, Army of One, Willy's Wonderland and obviously everyone has to see his other two stupid 90s action flicks: The Rock and Con Air. OH AND Gina Gershon, yes yes yesss.. gotta go watch her in Bound (by the pre-Matrix Wachowskis).
hobocamp
Legit this is one of the stupidest and FUCKING BEST action movies ever made. I saw this in theaters, which means I musta been about 17 at the time, and I remember even then I thought this was very dumb but VERY fucking fun, and highly entertaining. Having now seen it several times, latest being right now (thnx), this movie is basically a full scale action comedy IMO. I think if you brought in a young person and said this was a *parody* of 90s action movies, it'd still work.
Kevin Coughlin
it sets an awkward and hardcore opening for a maniac character..but I hear ya
tkitez (take it easy)
Almost thirty years later and I still yell quotes from this flick at my idiot friends and get it right back.
Nomad the Trucker
Since I became a father I can't watch stuff where a child gets hurt or worse especially when it happens so early in the flick
Stevilicious
I love the idea of Hollywood's two biggest overactors imitating each other to their faces!!! BRILLIANT
