John Woo is well known for his action films. Some are good, some aren't. Face/Off could have been among his best and also among one of the best action films ever made. But Woo insisted on one major drawback throughout the entire film. His ridiculous and continuous use of slow motion during virtually every single action scene, and there are probably dozens. If Woo had a scene where a bicycle flew off a cliff he'd have it explode. There's no such scene in this movie thank goodness, but I wouldn't put it past him. Explosions can be highly entertaining but only if they fit the scene. Blowing up everything in sight just because you can is lazy. Apparently the majority of reviewers here fell for Woo's lame tricks where instead of him saying watch my movie he's screaming look at me. Oh well, what can you expect in a world filled with sheep?

An action that isn't referenced, at a later point is the lack of an action that is referenced at a later point. A lack of an action is neither an action or an emptiness - the lack of an action is the possession of no action.At a later point, the possession of no action is something that's being made known. A later point is the future. The future is a detachment - a detachment is the possession of no action that's made known.A reference is a detachment. A detachment is the possession of no action that's a detachment - a detachment is the detachment of the possession of no action.A detachment is a loss. A loss is the loss of the possession of no action. A possession of no action is the loss of action. A loss is the loss of the loss of action.A loss of action is a gain of no action. A gain of no action is a gain of no violence. A loss is a loss of the gain of no violence - a loss is a loss of the gain of peace. A loss of the gain of peace is a gain of the loss of violence - a gain of the loss of violence is a gain of the gain of peace. A loss is a gain of the gain of peace - a gain is the loss of the loss of violence. Losing violence isn't enough; actual balance is when the force that removes violence is also subjected to scrutiny.Removing violence is important. However, what's just as important is to not indulge in the satisfaction of losing violence

This movie simply shows why John Woo is the top action director of the last three decades, who reshapes the Hong Kong cinema and highly influences the American cinema. The action sequences are brilliant and well-choreographed as always. The plane chase in the first act, and the Mexican standoff and the speedboat chase in Act 4, are absolutely thrilling and astonishing. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage both give their career-best performances, in the sense that each of them has to play the role of the other actor and that they superbly make it.

You would swear that the beginning of the film is really the end, but it is only the beginning!With villain Nicolas Cage comatose after shooting agent John Travolta's young son on a merry-go-round, the action really begins when Travolta goes through a face change to look like Cage so that he can infiltrate Cage's group to find out where the terrorist Cage has planted a bomb to go off in Los Angeles.Cage awakens and kills everyone associated with the surgery before he undergoes the same operation to look like Travolta.The film unwinds to show the ramifications of the surgery with Cage,as Travolta, going to the latter's wife, a physician, played by Joan Allen who is up to her ears in bewilderment as she senses something is terribly wrong. Cage, as Travolta, dislodges the bomb only to become a hero, but eventually fed up with taking orders from his superior, he kills the latter.The special effects are marvelous and there is plenty of excitement down to the last moment. A Hollywood ending if ever there were.