Face/Off

Author

John Woo

Call Number

• DVD ACTION (EAS, OSH)

Edition

Special collector's ed.

Languages

English, French or Spanish dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Alessandro Nivola, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, CCH Pounder, Robert Wisdom, Margaret Cho, Jamie Denton, Matt Ross, Chris Bauer, Thomas Jane, Tommy J. Flanagan, Danny Masterson.

Publication Information

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for intense sequences of strong violence, and for strong language.

Summary

FBI agent Sean Archer is trying to find a biological weapon that has been placed in Los Angeles by the sadistic terrorist-for-hire and criminal mastermind Castor Troy. Archer has been hunting Troy for the last 8 years and is consumed by revenge because Troy is responsible for the death of Archer's son. To do catch the criminal, Archer must "borrow" Troy's face using a surgical procedure to go undercover as Troy, but things go wrong when Troy assumes the identity of Archer.

Notes

Title and edition from disc surface.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

Special features: commentaries by director John Woo and writers Mike Werb and Michael Colleary ; 7 deleted scenes, including an alternate ending with optional commentary.