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Face Off
At a glance...
- Directed by John Woo
- Released in 1997
- Runtime 139 minutes
- Watched at The Beacon Cinema
- Final feelings: I'm gonna take my face off!!
Put this on at the Beacon for a themed celebration. This is an all timer for me, I just love this so much. It's obviously too long. But also would it really achieve greatness if it was perfectly cut and executed? By the end the narrative arc of each man demands interest. Castor as Archer wanting to have the comforts of the big bad government only to realize it's boring as shit is not something I appreciated enough on my first watch. Dude tried to sell out and still didn't have it in him.
Nick Cage is definitely stronger for me than John Travolta and it just works. That boat stunt made me crazy, it's still so good. Thank god they made this movie. Thank god for John Woo.
This is a Chinese film by the way I will not elaborate.