Face/Off
Face/Off is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
Plot
FBI Special Agent Sean Archer survives an assassination attempt by homicidal sociopath Castor Troy, but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy. Six years later, Archer's vendetta against Troy culminates in his team ambushing Troy, who is with his younger brother and accomplice Pollux, at a remote desert airstrip. Troy goads Archer with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in Los Angeles set to go off in a few days, before being knocked into a coma before Archer can learn more. Pollux, in custody, affirms that the bomb is real but refuses to reveal its location.
More details
director | John Woo |
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editor | Christian Wagner Steven Kemper |
genre | action science fiction thriller |
keywords | act assassination attempt butterfly knife church coma criminal life face transplant fbi fbi agent ground heart attack kill los angeles slay spear gun special agent stab test true identity |
musicBy | John Powell |
publisher | Buena Vista International Paramount Pictures |
theme | chase science fiction action stag terrorism |