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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Jun 2002

In its best moments, Face/Off practically mainlines fury, leaving audiences no time to think or even breathe…

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By Karen Achenbach (5) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 04 Jun 2002

Arguably the best action director in the world, Woo also manages complex emotional content and a deft way with music…

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By Leslie Rigoulot (42) for Film Scouts (224) on 16 Apr 2002

Face/Off is the kind of action film that gives summer movies a better reputation…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 06 Jan 2002

Face/Off is a summer movie extraordinaire: violent, imaginative, crazily funny and, oddly moving…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 26 Sep 2001

This is the ultimate Woo movie, but while his fans will enjoy every minute, others will find it too long, repetitive, and violent…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Feb 2001

A slam-bang-in-your-face action thriller with big explosions, multiple bullet storms, spectacular stunts and (get this), great performances,…

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By Adam Smith (163) for Empire (3,446) on 04 Jan 2001

Sure there are niggles, the most obvious being the length, which could have been reduced by trimming the prison sequences, but in the end this…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 03 Apr 2000

There’s no denying that Cage and Travolta are having a blast with what is essentially an acting thought experiment. They’re both fantastic…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 18 Feb 2000

Yet the movie, distilling into purest form the blend of viciousness and sentimentality that informs all Woo's work, winds up as emotionally…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 01 Jan 2000

With Face/Off, John Woo, the Hong Kong auteur (The Killer, Hard Boiled), has made his smartest, wildest, positively Woo-siest American thriller…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 01 Jan 2000

For something with such a bizarre premise, face/identity swapping, kind of like Freaky Friday on LSD--Woo pulled this sucker off…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 01 Jan 2000

Florid, passionate, frequently hilarious and loaded with messy emotions that nobody in his or her right mind should even attempt to explain,…

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By Jack Garner (583) for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (558) on 01 Jan 2000

Stars John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and director John Woo are all at the top of their game in Face/Off…

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By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

An action picture that finally pleases the mind as well as the eye…

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By Ted Prigge (137) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

with Face/Off, [Woo] wonderfully balances bloodbaths with plot and depth…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 01 Jan 2000

Travolta plays the over-the-top, oddball villain with gusto, but it is Cage who really impresses, striking no false notes in the more difficult,…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 01 Jan 2000

Travolta and Cage then had the acting difficulty of adopting the other person's mannerisms while retaining their own voice and body…

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By Joe Baltake (424) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 01 Jan 2000

it is as elegantly made as it is violent, mating movie mayhem with bits of poetry, opera, psychology and the abstract…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 01 Jan 2000

Watching Face/Off, I was reminded again and again of the great artist who made those great Hong Kong films…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

The story is completely nuts, the characters bigger than life…

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