Face/Off
John Woo / US, 1996 / 138 min.
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are not to be outdone in John Woo’s intriguing crime story about a surgical identity swap. A screening of the 35 mm version to celebrate the re-release of Woo’s other ‘heroic bloodshed’ classic, Hard Boiled.
For years, FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) has been obsessed by the criminal genius Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), the man who killed his son. When a heavily injured Troy is captured after a shoot out, it seems as if justice might finally triumph. However, Troy has concealed a biological time bomb somewhere that could destroy all of Los Angeles. What to do? Archer takes drastic steps and has Troy’s face grafted onto his using experimental surgery.
Screening on 35mm from the Eye collection.
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Details
Director
John Woo
Production year
1996
Country
US
Original title
Face/Off
Length
138 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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