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Face/Off

ActionCrimeScience Fiction

Directed by John Woo

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. From TMDB

151 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

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Face/Off is a 1997 action crime science fiction film, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Nicolas Cage and Joan Allen.

  • 122 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
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  • jamelle @jamellebouie.netBluesky · May 17, 2025

    spending this friday with my FACE/OFF 4k from kino lorber. i love this stupid ass movie.

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    The thing about the movie Face/Off is there really were a lot of easier solutions to their problems then taking their faces off and switching them, that’s why it rarely happens in the real world

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  • Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    Opinions can’t be wrong but “Face/Off is a bad movie” is wrong

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  • Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    watching Face/Off, a film exploring identity, trauma, and bodies

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  • Zinnia Jones 🐍🗡️ @zinniajones.comBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    I'm watching the movie Face/Off for the first time knowing nothing about it

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  • Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    watched 40 minutes of FACE/OFF last night before bed and was reminded that it might be the greatest bad movie ever. travolta trying to do a nic cage impression and cage trying to do a travolta bit is almost too much to handle.

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  • Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow, in Face/Off. Just an absolute bonkers scene in an already bananas movie.

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2025

    I think this might've been the first John Woo movie I saw, and while I'll rate Hard Boiled or The Killer higher or Face/Off for his Hollywood movies, I'll always be rather fond of it. Lance Henriksen as the villain was just a delight.

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  • Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Fun fact: they reused the jump boot props from Super Mario Bros:The Movie for the prison scenes in Face/Off

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    Okay, movie recommendation for tonight, Face/Off I might have already recommended this, but it doesn't matter. John Woo gave us so many bangers in his career, Hard Boiled, The Killer, and god damn Face/Off!

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  • TheRtRevKaiser @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 24, 2024

    There's a conversation starter that has popped up in a couple of my friend groups that is similar to this, basically "what movies would be improved by all but one actor being replaced by muppets?" My answer has consistently been *Face/Off* with Nic Cage as the only human actor. I even threw a poster together... ![](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/19033d8d-d2cc-43ae-997d-d77ab73dd098.jpeg)

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  • Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.comBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    Friends we are watching Face/Off and white possibly this is the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life

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  • Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2025

    If @willsommer.bsky.social keeps up his reporting, Bongino is going to probably put every Washington post reporter (because he may just fuck up and assume Will still works there) in a prison from the movie Face/Off just to prove Will and @samsteindc.bsky.social wrong

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  • Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    How dare they call the masterpiece Face/Off a "good-bad" movie. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...

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  • Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    They reused the jump boot props from the Bob Hoskins "Super Mario Bros" movie in "Face/Off" as the magnetic boots in the prison sequence

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  • Micah @rincewind.runBluesky · Apr 8, 2024

    Face/Off, which is basically the epitome of a Good Bad movie “No more drugs for that man”

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  • Louise @selkies.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Folks you heard it here first Face/Off might be the perfect film

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  • Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    People give Cage a lot of shit for acting in schlocky pulp films like Face/Off, but have you ever *seen* that movie? Cage plays both of the main characters and he does both roles vastly better than John Travolta. Cage carries that film on his back.

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2026

    Happy Friday people, it’s that time of the week again 🍿📽️🎬 #LastFourWatched #Fiim #Movies #LetterboxedFriday Scary Movie (2026) The Rock (1996) Lake Placid (2000) Face/Off (1997)

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  • Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2024

    Everything in the movie “Face/Off” seems plausible, except the hair.

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  • Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    Anyway, check out my new book about Nicolas Cage, best known for starring in classic Spielberg films like Moonstruck and Face/Off

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  • Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    They keep pushing AI, when the only technology I really care about is what they used in the movie "Face/Off".

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  • Chris A. 🎃 @letseatnachos.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2026

    if you've never seen Face/Off and someone describes it to you you're gonna be like "how in the hell did a movie like this ever get made?" but I assure you there are no descriptions or synopsis that can adequately express how truly insane this movie is

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  • Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2024

    [pulls back from kissing] "The science behind the movie Face/Off seems highly implausible."

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    Face/Off rules, easily Woo’s best American film

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  • Blaze @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 22, 2026

    ‘Face/Off’ Sequel Loses Director Adam Wingard.

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  • Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    Hot take while everyone is still waking up: “Broken Arrow” is a better John Woo film than “Face/Off.”

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  • Cheer Captain @cheercaptain.wangBluesky · Jul 9, 2026

    Face/Off is on cable. Perfect hotel movie, I tuned in just in time for the Joe Bob Briggs’ magnet prison, an incredibly stupid idea in a movie filled to the absolute brim with incredibly stupid ideas that rule.

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  • Kent M. Beeson @kentmbeeson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2025

    Daughter wants to watch an action movie tonight. I ran through the premises of several possibilities; after hearing about FACE/OFF, she was like, Stop, that’s the one.

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  • Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2025

    Idiotic piece in the Times declaring the critically acclaimed blockbuster FACE/OFF “a good-bad movie,” apparently because it is stylized and energetic in ways that the young writer feels obligated to mock. How does this shit get published?

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  • Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Face/Off is a film where two men swap identities followed by both actors doing a perfect imitation of Nicolas Cage

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Four 📽 Faves: John Woo No one loves juxtaposing white doves with a symphony of bullets like Hong Kong master Woo! Even more beautiful in slow motion! 🤣 1986 A Better Tomorrow 1989 The Killer 1992 Hard Boiled 1997 Face/Off Due for a rewatch marathon soon! #filmsky 📽

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  • doug @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 21, 2026

    ‘Face/Off’ Sequel Loses Director Adam Wingard.

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  • Lyz @lyz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    Face/Off is so deranged it’s the perfect movie

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  • MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2026

    Time for last movie of the night. Wife selected, great choice. Face/Off, 1997

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 6, 2024

    Ryan Reynolds Reveals Nicolas Cage Almost Reprised This Iconic Marvel Role in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ [Exclusive]. > Heading into a conversation with Reynolds and Levy following the release of the movie, Collider’s editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub came prepared with a multitude of questions, including one about a fan-favorite face who was MIA. That ex-member of Sony’s wing of Marvel was Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider. When asked if the team had ever thought of bringing Cage in to reprise his role as…

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 16, 2024

    The 15 craziest Nicolas Cage movies, ranked (including 'Longlegs'). They are: 1. Face/Off (1997) 2. Longlegs (2024) 3. Mandy (2018) 4. Vampire’s Kiss (1989) 5. The Wicker Man (2006) 6. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) 7. Wild at Heart (1990) 8. Renfield (2023) 9. Willy's Wonderland (2021) 10. Raising Arizona (1987) 11. Sympathy for the Devil (2023) 12. Color Out of Space (2020) 13. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) 14. Adaptation (2002) 15. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

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  • The Map Center @mapcenter.comBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    I finally watched "Face/Off" last night for the first time and I still can't decide if it's a bad movie or the greatest movie ever made.

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  • Dex Anderson @dexanderson.comBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    Tonight's movie night with friends, silly action movie edition: FACE/OFF

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  • TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2026

    Time to watch this movie classic, and I think Face/Off is on deck….

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  • Patrick Bromley @patrickbromley.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2025

    Chicago! Come see my favorite actor in John Woo’s best American movie tonight at 10 as Smash Cut Cinema presents FACE/OFF! classiccinemas.com/f/face-off/1...

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  • BrikoX @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 21, 2025

    Grafted review – Face/Off-style skin-graft horror has layers of punky attitude. > A Chinese student arrives in New Zealand and continues her father’s experimental research in Sasha Rainbow’s cosmetic chiller

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  • Damn Good Marmalade @damngoodmarmalade.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    I’m watching Face/Off. This movie is insane (pos) but would be improved by Anne Bonny being the one removing the faces

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  • Daphne Hoover @daphenistration.northsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2024

    Just because it's one of the best uses of his weirdness - it adds to how good the movie is instead of being like a campy veneer over a movie (like Face/Off)

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 21, 2025

    Grafted review – Face/Off-style skin-graft horror has layers of punky attitude. > Fans of The Substance will probably appreciate this low-budget Kiwi body horror, intent as it is on tearing holes in the human meat carapace in order to question modern beauty standards. Grafted is actually more superficial than Coralie Fargeat’s film in terms of what it says about appearance – but that is somehow fitting and ably concealed by director Sasha Rainbow with a heavy grouting of punky attitude.

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  • jimpers crimpers @jimprov.sendusyourmoney.comBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    doing my birthday tradition proper and now watching Face/Off

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  • Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2026

    There is no film more thoroughly committed to its own gonzo premise than FACE/OFF. "We'll use laser shears for the hairline, microplugs for body hair. We'll do an abdominoplasti-- take care of those, uh, love handles. But all that's the easy part! Here's the real science...."

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  • Kat The Film Lady @katwatchesfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    Someone asked what's the most cringe line in a film and I have to say that for me it's not "a line". It's the family face touching thing in Face/Off.

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  • Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2025

    Loving the CRISPR sequel to Face/off. Yes I have amazing photoshop skills thank you.

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  • crunchy @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 21, 2026

    Face/Off was a masterpiece that is fully self-contained and doesn't need a sequel.

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  • fartographer @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 27, 2026

    If you remove John Travolta from Face/Off, it's still a compelling movie. Doesn't work the other way...

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  • Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    Pretty crazy how Face/Off is a perfect movie.

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  • Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2024

    Watching Face/Off and honestly cinema peaked with this film

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  • Fallon | [see pinned!] @fallonturing.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    FACE/OFF FACE OOOOFFFFFFF I will always go to bat for two overactors overacting as each other that is a fucking incredible thing to film

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  • Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    Face/Off is the most ridiculous movie ever made.

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  • Lyz @lyz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2023

    The thing about the movie Face/Off is it really takes them a lot time to actually face off

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  • hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches @riothobbit.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    Ruin a movie: Ferris Bueller’s Face/Off

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  • Daniel Brim @dbrim.comBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Smoltz does not know that Face/Off is a movie

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  • christian @speederaserhead.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2026

    Now seated for Face/Off on 35mm at the Gene Siskel Film Center!

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  • Halloween Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    Face/Off is so funny, I love this movie

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