Face/Off (1997) - Quotes

Only One Will Survive

Taglines: Only one will survive.

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Reflection and Identity in Face/Off

Taglines: It's like looking in a mirror - only not.

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Confronting and Becoming Your Enemy

Taglines: To destroy your enemy, you must find him, face him, and then... become him.

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Transforming Identity for the Pursuit of Justice

Taglines: In order to catch him, he must become him.

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A Father's Plea in Crisis

Sean Archer: Honey, don't listen to him, honey! He's not your father! Hear my voice! I'm your father!

Sean Archer: Don't shoot, don't shoot! Just, just...

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Confrontation in Personal Conflict

Sean Archer: This is between us. Leave them out of it.

Sean Archer: No father could.

Sasha Hassler: [coming in; give a spare gun to Archer as Castor] Neither could a sister. Hey baby.

Sasha Hassler: Gee, Archer, I'm crashing the party. You okay, baby?

Sean Archer: Yea. I'm fine. Thanks.

Sasha Hassler: [disbelieving Castor when he tells her his real identity and still believes him as the real Archer] And I'm bored. Put the fucking gun down.

Henchman #2: (coming behind Sasha) Why don't you put your guns down?

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Loss and Irreversibility in Personal Sacrifice

Sean Archer: You can't give back what you've taken from me.

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Victim Blamed in Assault Scenario

Jamie Archer: [Castor hands Jamie a cigarette. She accepts and lights one] Typical, Dad. Some guy tries to rape me and I'm to blame?

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Repeated Apologies in Face/Off

Karl: I'm sorry!

Karl: I'm so sorry!

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Face-Swap Plan in Action

Aldo: [beat] So, once we kidnap supercop, then what?

Sean Archer: [Makes a gesture like taking off his own face] Tiny... surgery. l'd like to take his- his face- off. Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, l have to use the little boys wee-wee room.

Dietrich: Cas. You wanna take his face--

Sean Archer: [Makes manipulations with his fingers at Dietrich's face; Pretends taking off his own face again] Yes. His face - off! Eyes. Nose. Skin. lt's coming - off.

Dietrich: [Reflectively makes a similar gesture; Archer collapses on a bed in another room] The face... off. No more drugs for that man.

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Poetic Justice in Castor Troy's Fate

Wanda: You turned your beeper off.

Wanda: Well, here's some poetic justice, sir: Castor Troy is dead.

Buzz: [Castor turns to them] He got killed while trying to escape Erewhon.

Wanda: It hasn't been recovered yet.

Wanda: Even if he is alive, Castor isn't stupid enough to come back to this city!

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Victor Lazarro Asserts Control Over Investigation

Victor Lazarro: [Castor turns to Lazarro] Archer! You made a deal with Pollux Troy. That isn't like you.

Victor Lazarro: Fresh? Let me tell you my fresh tactic: from now on, everything to do with this case goes through me, you understood?

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Conditional Freedom and Uncertain Outcomes

Walton: If you get out of here.

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Confrontation Over Past Actions

Burke Hicks: [Archer turns and recognizes him] What's the matter, pal? Dontcha remember the little people?

Sean Archer: Burke Hicks.

Burke Hicks: Yes.

Sean Archer: [catches himself] I bust... I believe Sean Archer busted you for stalking the UN Secretary General.

Burke Hicks: [beat] Oh, no, Archer framed me. I had nothing to do with that. Word was you got wasted.

Sean Archer: You want to see what "wasted" looks like, little man?

A Tense Standoff Between Two Adversaries

Sean Archer: [jams his pistol into Castor's neck; beat] Give up, Castor! Your time's up!

Castor Troy: [laughs as his pistol is jammed into Archer's neck] Well, you better hit me, Sean, cause you got only one bullet left!

Sean Archer: [Troy stands up and the two point pistols at each other's heads] So do you.

Castor Troy: Wow! We've got something in common! We both know our guns.

Sean Archer: What we don't have in common is that I don't care if I live, and you do.

Castor Troy: Sean, that hurts. You're not having any fun, are you, Sean? Why don't you come with us? Try terrorism-for-hire. We'll blow some shit up! It's more fun!

Sean Archer: Shut the fuck up!

Castor Troy: You watch your fucking mouth! I'm about to unleash the biblical plague "Hell-A" deserves! But I'll give this shithole a break if my brother and I walk.

Sean Archer: Bullshit.

Castor Troy: [pulls the trigger but there is no bullet. Castor drops his gun] Oh-oh, oh, I-I see, I see. Y-You think I'm bluffing. Maybe I am. But then, maybe, I am not. More importantly, what would you do with me locked up? You'd drive your wife and kid crazy! Say, how is your daughter, anyway? Your... your darling Janie? Your little peach? Is she ripe? Ri-ripe-r...I'M READY!!