Face/Off

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Face/Off oh my God, I haven't realised how bad actually this film is the first time I watched it (as a Woo fan girl mind you). The main problem is the script. I actually watched Nic Cage at a GQ youtube interview recently and he talked about this film fondly. I decided to check it out but man, that was bad. The action is actually good but the intense melodramatic emotion that makes Woo's HK films such delights does not work with USA actors, despite making actually good choices. John Travolta and Nic Cage are surprisingly good. But the script, oh that is simply awful. Anyway it is good for the action pieces but not much else.