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Face/Off (1997)

John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in Face/Off as Sean Archer and Castor Troy, an FBI agent and a terrorist who undergo a face transplant surgery to assume each other's identities. The 1997 action thriller is directed by famous Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo.

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Face/Off
R
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Crime
Action

Director
John Woo
Release Date
June 27, 1997
Studio(s)
Paramount Pictures
Distributor(s)
Paramount Pictures , Disney
Cast
Alessandro Nivola , Gina Gershon , Nicolas Cage , John Travolta , Joan Allen
Writers
Michael Colleary , Mike Werb
Runtime
138 minutes
Budget
$80 million

Summary

John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in Face/Off as Sean Archer and Castor Troy, an FBI agent and a terrorist who undergo a face transplant surgery to assume each other's identities. The 1997 action thriller is directed by famous Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo.

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