![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, the pitch of a dedicated FBI agent (Travolta) switching faces with a sociopathic international terrorist (Cage) is beyond laughable, but overarching themes of grief, family, acceptance, and forgiveness help turn Face/Off from a silly shoot-em-up full of mindless violence into a silly shoot-em-up full of mindless violence and a ton of heart. Why? Because everyone involved treats the material with absolute sincerity. On paper, the movie seems woefully destined for failure, and yet, the final product works so darned well. Perhaps more entertaining than it ever should have been. You can find it streaming on Peacock right now, and boy, oh boy, is it entertaining to watch John Travolta and Nicolas Cage try to out-ham the other for over two hours. The 1997 John Woo classic, which contains all the iconic hallmarks of its celebrated director - slow motion cinematography, frenetic editing, a flock of doves in flight, etc. Is there a film more emblematic of the unfettered '90s action boom than Face/Off? ![]()
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