Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. I cant rag on a movie about one cop and one criminal undergoing facial removal surgery, with lasers, in order to swap each others faces. Syfy has cancelled face off, which will air one final season starting june 5. I was alive to see this film and im grateful for that. Faceoff is a 1997 american action film directed by john woo, written by mike werb and michael colleary, and starring john travolta and nicolas cage. Syfy cancelled face off, which will end after an allstar. Weve been working hard on the idea for several years, said a dapper travolta. Faceoff combines the crime world, action, and futuristic science. How does the movie faceoff have such a great rotten. Faceoff, the highoctane action movie by acclaimed director john woo was fortunate enough to have john powell write the score. Is it just me or was the selection removed for some unknown reason. John travolta stars as fbi agent sean archer doing the unthinkable to stop the elusive terrorist castor troy nicolas. The entire first scene will be filmed in slowmotion and thats mainly just johns character having breakfast with his wife and adopted child and then going off to the bathroom to take a shit.
The megaawesome nic cagejohn travolta 90s thriller faceoff. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to pollux. With mckenzie westmore, glenn hetrick, ve neill, michael westmore. Face off trailer in order to foil an extortion plot, an fbi agent undergoes a facetransplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a ruthless terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same criminal impersonates the cop. Battle royale, and its another allstar season, just like season 11 the shows. Exciting and then some, faceoff blends the directors supercharged images of balletic brutality and spiritual catharsis with an offthewall humor that allows john travolta and nicolas cage to. Cage and travolta are in high form theres plenty of testosterone and swagger to go around. Jul 11, 2017 meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of face off with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Rent faceoff 1997 starring john travolta and nicolas cage on dvd and bluray. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off peoples faces, and can place a persons face onto another person. Why i dont like faceoff if you havent seen faceoff it has an absolutely ludicrous premise but one im sort of ok with. Its part one of the finale, as the finalists learn that they will be creating characters for an original short film based on the book, through the. The big star, though, of faceoff are the action sequences, which rank as the best action scenes of all time. Watch the bullets fly and the action explode as master action director.
That exchange of faces and identities is the inspiration for faceoff, the new john woo action thriller, which contains enough plot for an entire series. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of face off with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Through an unfortunate turn of events, a duplicate. If there was ever to be a single film that encapsulates that superficial, machismoladen, fratboy popcorn flick that seemed to pervade the last half of the 90s, faceoff gets my vote as its ambassador. Search, discover and share your favorite faceoff gifs. Everyone remembers faceoff had awesome action and great performances but those werent even the film s strongest asset. Rent face off 1997 starring john travolta and nicolas cage on dvd and bluray. Check out team melissas short film from the season 10 finale of face off. Watch makeup magic in slow motion with these exclusive morph videos from face off. Faceoff isnt a bad movie because of its premise though. Faceoff marks woos first american film to reach the pitched level of his best hong kong work hardboiled. Watch the bullets fly and the action explode as master action director john woo broken arrow detonates the screen. Jun 03, 2017 faceoff is a uniquely awkward blend of sensationally violent action, hokey attempts at symbolism and drama, and dark humor. Above all though this film had the greatest actors impersonating actors as characters who become each others character in history.
What makes faceoff a profound film is how both sean archer and castor troy. The film alternates so rapidly between earnest attempts to elicit emotion and crazed overthetop acting and dialogue that its impossible to know whether one should laugh at how contrived this film is or accept it as an. May 09, 2018 syfy has cancelled face off, which will air one final season starting june 5. Watch full episodes of face off and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Face off was an american reality television game show program on the syfy cable network channel in which a group of prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other to create prostheses such as those found in science fiction and horror films. Watch faceoff starring john travolta in this mysterycrime on directv. Watch face off online stream full episodes directv. I just rewatched faceoff 1997, and i had totally forgot how stupidly brilliant this movie is. Faceoff was only his third american movie, and the first where he was given significant creative control. Faceoff 2015 full movie hd 1080p video dailymotion. Archer believes that his sons killer is his sworn enemy, a. He takes a patently absurd premisehero and villain exchange identities by literally swapping faces in sciencefiction plastic surgeryand creates a doublebarreled revenge film driven by the split psyches of its newly redefined. Film volteface faceoff en streaming vf gratuit complet. The film that made stephen kings homoerotic subtext canon.
Is a bumping and grinding priest the best way to avoid drawing attention to yourself when planting a bomb in a public place. I just rewatched face off 1997, and i had totally forgot how stupidly brilliant this movie is. Stay uptodate and watch face off anytime and anywhere on syfy. Travolta plays an fbi agent and cage plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume.
Impossible, and countless others, a new style of blockbuster had emerged hyperstylized, overlypolished, and seemingly. What happened to the carrusel on list on the promo film score tray, the last track listed 6. The score fits well into the film, and therefore is a worthy addition to the percussionistic action music category of your soundtrack collection. Faceoff 79 movie clip this is turning into a real marriage 1997 hd duration. Hollywood john travolta confirmed this morning that the longawaited sequel to faceoff is officially in the works. In the shoot em up scene at the hangar near the beginning of the film, right after tito and wanda take down pollux, when troy shoots an agent in the stomach and the agent flies back you can see at least two cable wires pulling him backwards.
Its a gimme, for example, that as gravely injured as he may be, troy will snap out of his coma and force a doctor to transplant archers face onto his own bloody skull so that the lawman and the outlaw end up looking exactly like the other. This being said, one should expect the typical standard as found in his movies these being explosions, gunfights, and special effects. Faceoff john travolta, nicolas cage, joan allen, alessandro nivola. B ok, so there are logical holes here big enough to drive a truck through. Faceoff 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
And it shows faceoff is arguably the only film of john woos posthongkong career that matches the distinctive style of his earlier movies a better tomorrow, the killer, and hard boiled, to name a few. Watch faceoff full movie online free on putlocker free. I managed to locate the face off complete score ost john powell but this track was not among the 50 included. Faceoff is a film that everyone should experience at least once in their lifetime. Faceoff is rated r due to some of the more intense scenes and language. Woo also confirmed more slowmotion sequences in faceoff 2.
Face off is a competitionelimination series exploring the world of specialeffects makeup artists. However, castor troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on archer for taking his face. Full of holes as big as its brutality and sappiness. Faceoff story, faceoff hollywood movie story, plot. Oct 25, 2015 why i dont like faceoff if you havent seen faceoff it has an absolutely ludicrous premise but one im sort of ok with. Watch face off online full episodes all seasons yidio.
Faceoff is a guilty pleasure a zerologic action film that thoroughly entertains, and which delivers some great psychological tension. The film deconstructs everything and it doesnt even feel ironic. I just rewatched faceoff 1997, and i had totally forgot. If you can get past that, faceoff delivers stylish, highpowered action, entertainingly campy performances and just plain good fun. Face off is a 1997 american sciencefiction action directed by john woo and starringjohn travolta and nicolas cage. To destroy your enemy, you must find him, face him, and then.
If youre worried by plot holes would a wife not notice little changes in her husband apart from his, erm, face. Travolta plays an fbi agent and cage plays a terrorist, sworn enemies who assume each others physical appearance. John woos first big hollywood success following his relocation from hong kong, was this brazenly ludicrous faceswap thriller. Find out where faceoff is streaming, if faceoff is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. I talked to one of the nations top plastic surgeons about faceoff. Discussion i rewatched it for the first time since i was a teenager and was completely suprised of how brilliant it is. The concept, blatant use of stuntmen and outrageously contrived use of religious symbolism. Dont miss any episodes, set your dvr to record face off a competition series explores the work of specialeffects makeup artists. Apr 30, 20 john travolta stars as fbi agent sean archer doing the unthinkable to stop the elusive terrorist castor troy nicolas cage.
Music composed by john powell face off complete score 1997 i dont own this track all material in this video. The opening shootout scene in the air hangar is a wow of an intro, complete with woos trademark use of two fisted gunplay and overthetop gravitydefying stunt work. We really tried to think of a way for nic cage to return but it. The artists and their teams create their short film, and one is crowned champion, in part two of the finale. In august 2017, syfy aired the first season of spin off series face off. Faceoff internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. John travolta stars as fbi agent sean archer doing the unthinkable to stop the elusive terrorist castor troy nicolas cage.
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