SSC 56: Face/Off (Woo, 1997)

Tim & Tay dig into John Woo's maximalist style with the ridiculous, fun, and arguarbly flawed Face/Off.

Synopsis
FBI agent Sean Archer undergoes radical surgery to trade faces with his nemesis, the terrorist Castor Troy, in order to discover the location of a bomb that threatens Los Angeles.

Starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta, and directed by John Woo, Face/Off was released June 27, 1997.

Where to watch Face/Off.

Scene: 45:30-48:25
In short order, Castor Troy wakes up from his coma, calls in his henchmen and takes Sean Archer’s face.

Links

• The Birth Of Gun-Fu

Recommendations

• Tim: Hard Boiled (Woo, 1992)—where to watch
• Tay:   2 Guns (Kormakur, 2013)—where to watch 

Next episode: Memento (Nolan, 2000)—where to watch

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