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Face/Off

Face/Off

ActionCrimeScience Fiction3.5

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

June 27, 1997 · Directed by John Woo

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A simple estimate based mostly on pace, with small nudges for flow, payoff speed, and how much keeps happening. Rounded to the nearest 5 minutes.

Runtime2h 19m
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Feels like1h 55m
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Cast & crew

John Travolta
Sean Archer
Nicolas Cage
Castor Troy
Joan Allen
Eve Archer
Alessandro Nivola
Pollux Troy
Gina Gershon
Sasha Hassler
Dominique Swain
Jamie Archer
Nick Cassavetes
Dietrich Hassler
Harve Presnell
Victor Lazarro
Colm Feore
Dr. Malcolm Walsh
John Carroll Lynch
Prison Guard Walton
CCH Pounder
Hollis Miller
Robert Wisdom
Tito Biondi

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