Face/Off

     

Face/Off1997

Director: John Woo
Stars: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 138 minutes

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 absur… more »


[Archer as Castor and Dietrich with his gang discuss their plans and drink alcohol with some drugs]

Aldo:
So, once we kidnap supercop, then what? [beat]

Sean Archer:
Tiny... surgery. l'd like to take his- his face- off. [Makes a gesture like taking off his own face] Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, l have to use the little boys wee-wee room.

Dietrich:
Cas. You wanna take his face--

Sean Archer:
Yes. His face - off! [Makes manipulations with his fingers at Dietrich's face] Eyes. Nose. Skin. lt's coming - off. [Pretends taking off his own face again]

Dietrich:
[Reflectively makes a similar gesture] The face... off. [Archer collapses on a bed in another room] No more drugs for that man.

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