Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Face/Off (1997)

John Travolta stars as Sean Archer, an FBI agent who is after terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). The hunt has become personal after Castor shot and killed Archer's young son Michael. Archer finally captures and just about kills Castor. However, there is a bomb planted to go off in Los Angeles and the only one alive that knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola). Through some innovative science, Archer has Castor's face put on his head so that he can go into prison and get Pollux to reveal the location of the bomb. Unfortunately, the stress of the operation revives Castor, who then puts Archer's face on his own and kills the only people that know about the switch. Trapped in prison, Archer must find a way to get out and alert the authorities that a madman is lose in the disguise of a Federal Agent.

Available: Netflix, Amazon

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