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  • Face/Off
  • Opened June 27, 1997 | Runtime:2 hr. 18 min.
  • R
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Obsessed with bringing terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) to justice, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) tracks down Troy, who has boarded a plane in Los Angeles. After the plane crashes and Troy is severely injured, possibly dead, Archer Read More
  • Cast: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain
  • Director: John Woo
  • Genres: Action Thriller, Chase Movie, Action

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Face/Off Critic Reviews

Must Go! Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    It's the picture that proves action films don't have to be silly, that a few...

  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Exciting and then some, Face/Off blends the director's supercharged images of...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    But it is the steady accretion of hundreds of small moments in this elegant,...

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    As an example of the art of casting, the movie is brilliantly engineered. It...

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