Face/Off [Blu-ray] | ![Face/Off [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51x8sJ-ltIL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: John Woo
Actors: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  365 reviews
Sales Rank: 222
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARBR123284
UPC: 097361232843
EAN: 0097361232843
ASIN: B000RZGIOA
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Run time: 140 minutes Rating: R
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At his best, director John Woo turns action movies into ballets of blood and bullets grounded in character drama. Face/Off marks Woo's first American film to reach the pitched level of his best Hong Kong work (Hard-Boiled). He takes a patently absurd premise--hero and villain exchange identities by literally swapping faces in science-fiction plastic surgery--and creates a double-barreled revenge film driven by the split psyches of its newly redefined characters. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must play the villain to move through the underworld while psychotic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) becomes a perversely paternal family man while using every tool at his disposal to destroy his nemesis. Travolta vamps Cage's tics and flamboyant excess with the grace of a dancer after his transformation from cop to criminal, while Cage plays the sullen, bottled-up agent excruciatingly trapped behind the face of the man who killed his son. His attempts to live up to the terrorist's reputation become cathartic explosions of violence that both thrill and terrify him. This is merely icing on the cake for action fans, the dramatic backbone for some of the most visceral action thrills ever. Woo fills the screen with one show-stopping set piece after another, bringing a poetic grace to the action freakout with sweeping camerawork and sophisticated editing. This marriage of melodrama and mayhem ups the ante from cops-and-robbers clichés to a conflict of near-mythic levels. --Sean Axmaker
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At his best, director John Woo turns action movies into ballets of blood and bullets grounded in character drama. Face/Off marks Woo's first American film to reach the pitched level of his best Hong Kong work (Hard-Boiled). He takes a patently absurd premise--hero and villain exchange identities by literally swapping faces in science-fiction plastic surgery--and creates a double-barreled revenge film driven by the split psyches of its newly redefined characters. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) must play the villain to move through the underworld while psychotic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) becomes a perversely paternal family man while using every tool at his disposal to destroy his nemesis. Travolta vamps Cage's tics and flamboyant excess with the grace of a dancer after his transformation from cop to criminal, while Cage plays the sullen, bottled-up agent excruciatingly trapped behind the face of the man who killed his son. His attempts to live up to the terrorist's reputation become cathartic explosions of violence that both thrill and terrify him. This is merely icing on the cake for action fans, the dramatic backbone for some of the most visceral action thrills ever. Woo fills the screen with one show-stopping set piece after another, bringing a poetic grace to the action freakout with sweeping camerawork and sophisticated editing. This marriage of melodrama and mayhem ups the ante from cops-and-robbers clichés to a conflict of near-mythic levels. --Sean Axmaker
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 Written Review March 1, 2010
V. Hugues
Product was received in a prompt manner, in great condition and at a great price.
Super action flick February 19, 2010
LAPRINCESS
Will be a classic good guy/bad guy flick. Great action by great, professional actors with great supporting cast. One of my all-time favorite Nicholas Cage movies.
John Woo's best movie! February 19, 2010
The (CA, USA)
This movie is very entertaining the whole way through, non stop action, 5 stars. This is definitely one of the best blu rays to get! get it now!!!
Great movie, prompt delivery February 4, 2010
J. Blackman (Barbados)
I have watched the movie before and was quite pleased with how quickly it was delivered, the fact that the packaging was adequate (proper protection without being bulky) and the features included on the DVD.
I would recommend this DVD sold by Amazon.
Face/Off December 29, 2009
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, and director John Woo strike platinum in this thriller and heavy action movie. A must-see movie for audiences who love wild action, and a little chill to thrill their emotions. This a awesome movie with some heat.
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