Face/Off
In order to trap him, he must become him.
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind.The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
- Director
- John Woo
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $246M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How Face/Off actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Face/Off appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Face/Off returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $246M
- Release date
- Jun 27, 1997
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Latin
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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