FACE/OFF (1997) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!
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In this movie, the studio basically told John Woo, "You know what? It's all yours, you have ALL the control" This movie really is an example of why studios should give the directors more creative control. Well, the good directors.
they should give even to bad directors. it's ok. i would rather have an unmeddled bad version with singular vision than a meddled mediocre or even good one
Yeah, cause this is just stupid😂
@@graceonfilmsnstuff I'd rather have a good movie whether meddled or unmeddled. The 1980s was when studio-driven pictures got a resurgence largely due to the failures of certain filmmaker-driven pictures such as Heaven's Gate by Michael Cimino. Thus, producers such as Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer began to establish their own styles into their productions and marketed their names to the public.
John Travolta trying his best to outcrazy over-the-top actor Nicolas Cage himself. Amazing stuff right there!
this is what I call a Perfect movie seeing over actor John Travolta has to over act like over actor Nicolas Cage
Both of them are legendary
Funny. Love this movie
They really nailed each other's personalities in this movie. Awesome movie. One of my favorites!
Right. It’s a movie I wasn’t allowed to see at the time of its release in 1997, because I was only 10 at the time. I just saw it recently and it was a great action movie. It’s a shame that it’s forgotten about and not a cult classic
An all time classic.
I saw an interview where one of them said they studied each other's mannerisms for months
This movie convinced me of the need for Oscars for stunt people. There were some insane stunts with live bodies being thrown around in this movie.
The Hong Kong Film Awards has a Best Action Choreography category, and the stunts in John Woo movies reflect the kind of quality that competition brings out.
But that would then inadvertently make stunt men too valuable and they couldn't treat them like expendable things the same way after that...
I had the same thought while watching the boat chase
Loooove this one. Especially the way Nicholas Cage and John Travolta play off each other! 😅
Haven't seen this in ages. So much fun. Cage playing Travolta.. Travolta playing Cage. Outstanding.
I just saw this movie recently and it was great. I wasn’t allowed to see it when it came out in 1997, because I was only 10 at the time and wasn’t allowed to see R rated movies
I remember in 97 my mom had won tickets on the radio, 2 for men in black and 2 for face off both a week in advance and a day or two apart. I was so disappointed when my mom took my brother to see men in black since he was younger and I got face off. I also remember leaving the theater thinking my 15 year old self just saw the greatest action movie ever and was relieved I didn’t miss this. So glad for this one!
You won
Blows my mind it's 25 years old. Still looks as good today as it was on it's release. I love the score too.
I love that both Cage & Travolta were able to dial the ham-i-ness up to 11.
I clicked this so fast. Are there plotholes? Yes. But still an entertaining ride. Love that your Mom suggested it
One of my favs...Nicholas Cage was so badass around this time! I'm probably your mom's age or older ha ha 😂
You guys crack me up, your reactions lol...after a long day or week, I need to laugh 😅🤣.
@@ks77728 this is one of those movies where if I happen to see it on cable I must watch. It's just pure entertainment The guys are right movie snobs wanna hate instead of just enjoying something.
Lol me too
No plotholes.
Plotholes? Yeah.
You got a girl in your car, you wanna bang. You can drive her most anywhere to do it. Her parents driveway prolly not the best spot to pick.
This is probably my favorite Nick Cage performance that I've seen, he's so nuts.. in a good way.
"I'M CASTER TROY!" Nicolas Cage never disappoints.
… and I don’t give a F! 😂😂😂
This movie was so advanced for its time, one of my favs,such a good movie...
Same
Yes, the 90s had some great action flicks… Speed, The Rock, Face Off etc.
@@nsasupporter7557 my favorite films
@@nsasupporter7557 If you included Con Air, you would've listed the Cage 90s action trilogy. If you included Point Break & The Matrix, you would've listed the Keanu 90s action trilogy.
@@jp3813 right. Thanks for pointing those out. The main reason I didn’t mention those was because I never saw them, believe it or not 🤷♂️
The Max Payne games were influenced by John Woo movies: The Killer, Hard Boiled, Face/Off, etc... He's the 3rd ingredient that made this insane premise work.
To be fair, the supporting characters definitely noticed that Sean Archer & Castor Troy were being weird. But body switching was never a possibility in their minds.
This concept is even more fun for actors when you consider the fact that the two lead characters themselves have to try to act like each other. Hence, acting-ception.
There's a great video by Ahoy about Akimbo Origins: czcams.com/video/F-LKzUmgH0k/video.html
John Woo influenced a whole generation of action games with his style.
Hard Boiled!!!!!!! That movie is frickin amazing!!!!
Didn’t he do replacement killers as well ????
@@vintagelauren625 That would be Antoine Fuqua.
How is it possible to write that and not to mention "Matrix"?
1:13 ....."It was a recommendation from our mother".... Good one, OctoMom.......
This is quintessential Nick Cage. This movie is an absolute feast for the eyes. My big sis and I quote this movie in everyday conversation. RIP big sis 💜
You guys are knocking it out of the park with your movie picks lately. I am HERE for it!!!!! Love you guys!
"Can somebody tell me what planet I'm on?" One of the best lines in the movie! LOL!
I cry EVERYTIME I see the last bit. The fact that he kept that promise to Sasha about keeping her son safe and to NOT have him grow up like her and Castor...it showed that he has a second chance to be a father to a boy who truly needs it.
Glad they went with that ending instead of the Hitchcock style ending John Woo thought off
I hope the sequel is never made....the sequel's story premise sounds awful.
"I have 4 shirts now ... thanks for the support." 😂😂😂
you guys + watching "Face Off"= my day is made! Happy Mothers Day weekend to me indeed.
Yes!!...one of my favorite Travolta/Cage films...thanks for the awesome reaction 👍🔥
Face/Off making a resurgence
I saw this movie in theater when it first came out and it was an awesome experience. I love how just over the top crazy it is.
I saw it opening night. The crowd cheered at the end.
@@doughbafett nice. I wasn’t allowed to see it when it came out, I was only 10 in 97 and wasn’t allowed to see R rated movies then. But I just watched it recently and it was a great action flick. The 90s had some great action movies… Speed, The Rock, Face Off etc
I was 5 when I saw this movie and i remember loving the hell out of it 😂
This script was originally set in the future, explaining more easily the crazy technology - like the face changing and the super prison in with magnetic boots. John Woo didn't want to do something out of present day, so they kept all the tech and set it in, at the time, current year. So that's why you're getting all that wild tech in a world where it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. My sister and I saw this opening night. That theatre was jam packed. Had a blast with it. I actually really love the soundtrack for this as well.
Yea ok
John woo may have been wrong but he was right
It connected better as present day
Lots of movies w/ futuristic tech are set in present day. Like say Weird Science, Innerspace, Men in Black, etc... Or even in the past like The Prestige.
@@jp3813 The term is Dystopian.
@@Poeticfloetic None of the films I mentioned are dystopian. That term applies to the likes of RoboCop, Blade Runner, V for Vendetta, Mad Max, etc...
This movie was completely absurd, but it was so much fun that it didn't matter.
The craziest part of this flick(through no fault of the filmmakers) is the scene where Danny Masterson tries to rape Dominique Swain in the car before Travolta intervenes. Given what Masterson is currently on trial for, it's freaky watching that now.
Well, given that he tried to do it directly outside the house of an FBI agent (who's also her father), I'd say the filmmakers had a hand on the crazy.
This movie has the perfect amount of insanity
I saw this in the movies 3 times back in 97. Action from beginning to end.
This is one my movies that I can continuously watch and not take too seriously.
That was a hella good movie and your reaction made it 10× more entertaining 👍👍👍
So glad! you guys enjoyed this film and reacted to this classic 90s Action Flick! One of the best films from Dir. John Woo.
John Woo is the man who brought style and grace to gunplay long before you witness it in brutally-cool Hollywood action flicks like Reservoir Dogs and more recently The Matrix. "The master of mayhem" is renowned for his talents to choreograph some of the most breath-taking shootouts ever.
Little trivia.
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta spent two weeks together before filming to learn how to play each other. They decided on specific gestures and vocal cadences for each character that could be mimicked.
these movies are indeed fun, but the gunplay is too absurd for me. Always has been. I'm glad action movies have gone the route of John Wick, where he was actually trained by legit comptetition/tactical guys for the role.
Correction: He wasn't doing the Max Payne. Max Payne was doing the John Woo.
Its developer was paying homage with Max's dual wield pistols and dives which were a common element of Woo's movies.
John Woo is a legendary action director in his native Hong Kong, but his attempts to bring his career to America were unfortunately hampered by constant studio meddling, with this film generally regarded as his only unqualified success in the country. Still, his others like Hard Target and Broken Arrow very much have their high points.
I like hard target but not broken arrow.
+ he directed Mission: Impossible II, I like majority of his movies.
Totally agree. A better tomorrow is top-notch!
Broken Arrow was really well done too.
Caster Troy ''Peach. i can eat a peach for hours.'' Caster is a real good villain he's an Sadist corrupted by greed and power. Still he has human traits He kills his victom from a distance He regrets killing a boy in front of his dad than he save his enemy daughter from sexual assault. Very good villain.
Still my top 5 movies of all time. Great review
I want his face...off.
One of the craziest if not the greatest Sci Fi Action Adventure films ever made.
No more drugs for this man
This was a great action movie! It’s a shame it’s forgotten about and not a cult classic
@Christian Believer but it is a cult classic... I'M the leader of a cult and ALL MY PEOPLE are required to watch it and they all love it. Welcome to CHRISSYIsm 😉❤️😎
It’s definitely a cult Classic.
@@BooneLuleyo no it isn’t. It should be, but it’s not. It’s a forgotten movie unfortunately
@@christinegelabert1651 that’s funny lol 😂
But no, unfortunately this movie isn’t a cult classic. It’s a forgotten movie
The I hate to say goodbye but I love to watch you leave line I still use to this day lol
Love this movie. Crazy concept but they played it well. Just gotta suspend reality a bit and enjoy lol
Have you seen Snake Eyes? It’s one of my favorite Nick Cage movies
Yes!!!! One of my favorites of the 90s.
This movie is perfection personified.
I love this movie. You guys should do The Assassin with Antonio Banderas and Stallone. You should also do Fled with Stephen Baldwin and Laurence Fishburne. They are both action packed movies.
Kid: Dresses crazy. Also Kid: HOW DARE THEY POINT IT OUT! 😅😂
I knew you guys would love it !!! They really went at it like Peter Griffen & The Chicken !!!
This is a favorite movie of one of my friends but I have never watched it.
My favorite Nicolas Cage movies: Valley Girl (1983), Razing Arizona (1987), Moon Struck (1987), The Rock (1996), Matchstick Men (2003), Kick-Ass (2010).
Mine is Con Air ❤
This was one of the best if not THEEEE best movies either one of them had made period !full stop!
I loved this movie growing up. I watched it so many times, even now I was quoting it. It's interesting seeing it now though because I realize it doesn't hold up that well. For it's time, it was definitely on par for the movies during this era. Big explosions, somewhat convoluted plots with plot holes lol!! I think one thing I didn't initially catch until much later was towards the end when they are fighting at the funeral Castor dislodges the voice thing in Sean, so Nicolas Cage was sounding like John Travolta and so that line he says to his daughter about hear his voice makes so much sense. Anyway great reaction as always!
Hey Chris and Curtis, don't listen to the haters who say "stop screaming." I only watch for the screaming. That's part of the fun, you guys screaming during the movies, love it, love your channel.
Kind of the point to a reaction video is watching people, ya know...react.
Those haters don't seem to understand that concept.
One of my favorite movies!!
GREAT choice! This is one of my all time favorites! Thank you for reviewing this movie you guys are the bomb! Have you guys ever saw the movie “Toy Soldiers?” That’s another hidden gem from the early 90’s 💪🏽
glad you like this movie. it was one of my teenage movies. a great example of a 90's action flic
You guys need to see *Con Air* right after this one. 😁
Great reaction bros! 👍🏿 I saw this film in the theaters. It was awesome. The whole crowd loved it. This film is one of the best times that I've ever had at the movie theater.
I can't believe it!! This is one of my all time favorites. The performances, script, soundtrack, everything gives me goosebumps every time! Thank you, thank you for reacting to this! Nicolas Cage is a genius.
This movie doesn't get enough attention. And that's not even subjective. I owned a copy on VHS back in the day. The director John Woo dabbled in American films, although I believe he's since abandoned making them entirely after 2003's Paycheck. His credits are mostly associated with foreign productions before and after this. Worth noting the over-the-top-action style shown in Face/Off is a common trait of his work. Hard Boiled in comparison is absolutely nuts, substantially more so than this movie.
You should check out 'Snake Eyes' with Cage playing another erratic type character for a good portion of the movie. It came out a year after this film. It has its own style that I really liked as well as a unique atmosphere to it overall IMO.
I'm so glad you talked about their acting, cos I feel like that gets overlooked a lot. Con Air came out not long before this and going from that to this, with Nick Cage's acting fresh in my mind I was blown away by how well John BECAME Nick. I think not too many people can pull off acting like Nick Cage at his insane best, but John pulled it off. And Nick did an amazing job playing John
And the whole John Woo-ness of this movie is just glorious. It's just a shame that the movie didn't do well, I'm fairly sure that's a big part of why Woo didn't make many more American movies. And that's a real shame.
If you haven't seen Con Air, you need to add that to your list, and as for a Travolta movie in this same vein try Broken Arrow... actually now that I think about it, that's a John Woo movie too... so you really need to add that to your list.
Fun fact: Face transplants are a very real thing that do take place... although the first real one did not take place until 8 years after this movie released. It is not *as* smooth as presented, but a lot of the tools presented *are* accurate for a real face transplant.
These gold guns are featured in his new movie
Love this movie. Have watched it so many times. It was one of the first movies I ever saw in the Paramount Theater on the lot after I started working there. Such a magnificent theater. 500+ living room sized cushy chairs. Incredible sound and acoustics. Some movies just do better when they’re bigger.
Awesome Work Brothers, Thaaaaanks 👍👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
give it up to John Woo, he made this vision come to life!
You know it’s a John Woo movie when the doves come to the shoot out 🕊
This is one of my favorite movies since I was a kid/pre-teen. I love the synopsis and the way they played each other. They're brilliant!!
MOVIE SUGGESTION: Nothing To Lose starring Martin Lawrence & Tim Robbins. You'll laugh your ass off!
Yup, that's in the same vein as Blue Streak with Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson or Money Talks with Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. Good Taste, Lady:)
I absolutely love this movie, and reminds me how we should all appreciate Cage and Travolta
A dopier movie I couldn't imagine.....and yet the acting feat of Travolta and especially Cage (since Travolta is harder to imitate) is a sight to behold. That's the biggest special effect of the whole movie! I do remember sitting in the theater, wishing the movie itself was better, but it does make a great reaction video!
Honestly, it's the best script that Hollywood ever gave John Woo.
@@jp3813 Well, that's not saying very much. But the problem isn't so much the script.....it's John Woo! lol..
@@TTM9691 How? It's pretty much the same style that made Woo an influential director w/ The Killer & Hard Boiled. Popularizing "gun fu" and "heroic bloodshed" in cinema, anime, video games, etc...
@@jp3813 How? Easy! I don't think anything of John Woo, or his style. Any other questions?
@@TTM9691 Then that's less of a director "problem" and more of a viewer preference.
This might actually be one of my Top 10 action movies ever because of how brilliantly the main premise of switching faces was executed through the 2 main actors' performances, and how effective the family subplots were. Travolta and Cage really captured each others' mannerisms and speech cadence. Personally, I think that I liked Travolta just a smidge better than Cage in this, but again, both superb performances.
There's not even that much action in it it's more thriller definitely not one of the best I have it and hardly watch it!!!
31:00 The John Travolta face lick.... "ooowwwooohhhhhh!!" 🤣
Wow the classic face off love it my favorite scene gun fight while somewhere over the rainbow is playing pure genius
I keep saying. Every time y’all post I’m hype cause I know y’all watching a movie from my child hood that I bang with. This movie is one you just gotta get lost in! Great reaction fellas.
Recommending Low Down Dirty Shame.
I stopped an "Eli the computer guy" video that I was very in to to watch this
I love that your mom picked this great movie moms are the best
Omg I just opened CZcams, saw the thumbnail for this, and that exact scene is on my TV 😂
Just want to thank you guys for being the first reactors not to be obsessed with the whole cheesy, hand gesture bit that John Travolta's character does throughout the movie. Another film you're sure to love is Equilibrium with Christian Bale and Sean Bean, it's like 1984/Brave New World meets The Matrix.
Yeah I actually don’t think it’s a big deal and it’s showing a side to his emotions that cage would never have
@@-M0LE I understand what they were going for, but it just comes across as weird, and un-natural. It ends up detracting from the scenes as opposed to adding to them. Might have worked if it was him closing his sons eyes when he died and they were both shot. And then had only been used twice, once in the scene of his son's death and on the wife while retelling the story because only she knows and proves it's him. But the way it's just his little family quirk, and is done so frequently in the movie, it's a joke.
Finally- one of my favourite movies.
Just a perfect old school action movie! Fantastically absurd concept. Massive explosions. And over the top acting by 2 legends…
Face/Off is my favorite movie of 1997. Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are amazing in this. Loved your reaction.
Omg that opening cracked me up hard! 🫶🏼🙌🏼
One of my favorite movies
This movie was nominated for oscars tho. For sound editing but still an oscar.
You're not wrong in the abusive upbringing of castor troy, everything fits. When Castor accidentally kills Archers son you can tell right away there was remorse which he never expresses even when he kills his own people.
This is one of my favorites I luv how both Travolta and cage embodied each other's personalities. Great movie.
" Troy Castor" 🤣that made my day.
I clicked so fast... Freaking love movie!!!
One of the best movies ever made. Great reaction
"The Kingdom" -2007- a great action thriller with Jamie Foxx.
"The Peacemaker" - 1997 -Georgy Clooney action adventure
"The Siege" - 1998 Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis - action thriller
"The Negotiator" - Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson - police thriller
I had to like this before even watching😍This is a classic that I looooove and feel everyone should watch!!!
May come back and comment after the reaction 😂😭
Travolta having so much fun playing Cage character !
Fun fact: the first actors who were envisioned by the writers to play Sean Archer and Castor Troy were Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
That woulda been baaaad
great reaction guys. I hope we see face-off 2 with chris and curtis face swapped 😅🤣.
Cool Mom, cool movie! When this came out, people went crazy, such a unusual concept. The 90's John Woo action movies era
This is honestly one of my favorite action movies. Yes it's ridiculous, yes it's absurdly over the top, but it's in a good way and I love it.
This movie is the most epic freaking movie of all time..lol glad you finally got to see it!!!!!
Face Off! Top 5 best movie ever! 🥰🌟💯♥️
Duuuuuude, didn’t expect this but def here for it.
I love this movie completely. Both John Travolta and Nicolas Cage were at the top of their game in this movie. Just a badass film for real. Please show more John Woo movies.
This was a ridiculous movie and I absolutely loved it!!! Also I love how quiet y’all were for the majority of the film lol
Travolta is playing Cage so good! Thanks for this!
the greatness of this masterpiece ..rests in switcing faces palyings two opposite characters at the same time .. almost parfect
thanks for the reaction thoo
I saw this and clicked on it right away, great choice guys. I love this movie alot but I've never been a fan of John Travolta as a villain. Nicholas Cage is my favorite as the hero and villain. John Woo is a great director.
Whenever you have over-the-top jumps, twists, slides, gunplay and explosions mixed with slow-mo, that's John Woo...!!
I'm not familiar with his entire body of work, but his 90s Hollywood blockbusters were dope...!
I'm sure that the Wachowskis were inspired by his brilliance for the action scenes in The Matrix.
Saw this in the cinema as a kid and obviously loved it.
Thanks for another entertaining video, guys. 👍🏻