Face / Off
- Release Date
- June 27, 1997
- Director
- John Woo
- Cast
- John Travolta , Nicolas Cage , Joan Allen , Alessandro Nivola , Gina Gershon , Dominique Swain
- Runtime
- 138
- Main Genre
- Action
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Writers
- Mike Werb , Michael Colleary
- Tagline
- In order to trap him, he must become him.
Summary
Relentless FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must go dangerously undercover to investigate the location of a lethal biological weapon planted by his arch rival, the sadistic terrorist-for-hire Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). After undergoing a radical surgical procedure, Archer literally "borrows" Troy's face and identity to carry out his mission. But things go awry when Troy, emerging from a coma, transforms into Archer and wreaks havoc upon his life, both at work and at home. As the bomb continues to tick and the tension mounts, it becomes a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse as both Archer and Troy, ironically trapped in their enemy's body, try to save face their own.
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