Face/Off is amazing because it mixes an outrageously cornball plot with some of the best acting in an action movie. How John Woo pulled it off is beyond me. His visual imagery is flamboyant and decorative, yet never fails to deliver the goods. There is always a flurry of images to grasp our attention. Granted, his typical trademarks are here, but never does the script suffer from the same problems as in his other works.

Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are phenomenal in their dual roles each. The rest of the cast isn't very deep and is more filler than anything else. The editing job feels underdone, particularly when the action sequences get to the "overcooked" staged. Still, how many speedboat chases or airplane crashes are you going to see in a slow-motion?

Overall, a summer action movie that delivers in acting, directing, and most other departments. 4 out of 5 stars.

Out of all the action films I have ever seen this has to be the best of the lot. The action scenes are amazing especially playing 'chicken' with the plane and the speed boat scene towards the end. The actors performances are really good, but I feel that Nicolas Cage is better as Archer than as Castor Troy. Overall, excellent film, good action scenes and good lead actors!! "See anything you like?" I sure do!!!

Sean Archer (John Travolta) is an FBI agent who is tracking down super villain Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). Sean is a bit too absent from his wife (Joan Allen) and daughter (Dominique Swain). After capturing Castor and his brother Pollux Troy (Alessandro Nivola), they find a plan for a massive nerve gas bomb. Pollux refuses to talk to anybody but his brother Castor. That's when they come up with a plan to switch faces, but it all backfires.

This is the pinnacle of ridiculousness that is John Woo. And he's loving every bit of it. The action is ridiculous. The story is ridiculous. The science is ridiculous. And most of all, it doesn't matter. John Woo is about big action, lots of gun, and pointing guns at each other without firing. For John Woo fans, it really doesn't get much better than this.

The actors do have to play two polar opposite parts. It's probably not as difficult as one imagines. It's just a matter of keeping track. Both Travolta and Cage do two perfectly sound performances.