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It's the picture that proves action films don't have to be silly, that a few thrill sequences don't mean every other value has to be shot to pieces.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Exciting and then some, Face/Off blends the director's supercharged images of balletic brutality and spiritual catharsis with an off-the-wall humor that allows John Travolta and Nicolas Cage to really let it rip.Full Review

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

But it is the steady accretion of hundreds of small moments in this elegant, high-spirited, intensely satisfying production -- the director's third American movie, but the first to approach the dazzle of his Hong Kong stuff -- that, toted up, makes everything right about this des- perately welcome thriller.Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

A delirious mixture of spectacular gun battles, furious explosions and breathtaking stunt work, it's also one of the strangest stories to ever get the green light at a Hollywood studio. You have to take your hat off to Paramount Studios for allowing such inspired weirdness to see the light of day.Full Review

Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Before we go numb from such prefab excitement, here comes a mega-movie that actually delivers what mega-movies promise: strong characters, smart plotting, breathless action and a gimmick that hasn't been seen before.Full Review

Elvis Mitchell
The New York Times
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