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Public enemy number one and freelance-terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) is being relentlessly pursued by FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta), whose son was killed years earlier during an attempt by Troy to kill Archer. The FBI receives information that Castor's brother Pollux (Alessandro Nivola) has chartered a plane at a Los Angeles airport, and Archer knows the Troy brothers well enough to guess that Pollux will "never fly without big brother!" Archer leads an FBI team in chasing the plane down a runway and is able to shoot one of the engines. Unable to take off, Castor kills the pilot and crashes the plane into a hangar. In the ensuing chaos, Pollux is captured by the FBI and Castor is knocked into a coma after bragging to Archer about a bomb that will destroy Los Angeles.
Archer believes Castor to have been bluffing, but after the FBI finds schematics for the bomb on a disk recovered from the wreckage, Archer realizes that it is real. Unable to find any information about the location of the bomb, Archer knows that the only way to obtain the location is from Castor's brother Pollux. Knowing he would never confess the bomb's location to the FBI, Archer's colleagues convince him to undergo a surgical procedure to switch faces with Castor's comatose body.
After the procedure, arrangements are made for Archer (as Castor) to be incarcerated with Pollux so that he can discover the location of the bomb which he does successfully. Castor awakens from his coma and has the procedure performed on himself, stealing Archer's face. Castor then kills everyone who knew about the operation and visits Archer in prison. Castor (as Archer) has the FBI negotiate a deal with his brother for his release in return for revealing the bomb's location. Castor disarms the bomb and revels in praise from his colleagues and the media, informing his brother that they are going straight.
Archer (as Castor) escapes from Erehwon prison (Erehwon is "nowhere" spelled backwards), which is revealed to be inside an offshore oil platform, and swims to shore. He visits Dietrich Hassler (Nick Cassavetes), a known associate of Castor's, and asks Dietrich for help killing Sean Archer (Castor). Archer (as Castor) meets Sasha (Gina Gershon) and her son Adam, of whom Castor is the father. Pollux Troy is watching Dietrich's apartment and informs Castor of Archer's arrival. Castor (as Archer) sends an FBI team to kill Archer. Following a gunfight, Dietrich is killed by Castor (as Archer) and Archer (as Castor) manages to kill Pollux.
FBI Director Victor Lazaro (Harve Presnell) berates Castor (as Archer) for the bloodbath. Castor, still angry at the loss of his brother, confesses his true identity to Lazaro and kills him, later blaming the death on a heart attack. Meanwhile, Archer (as Castor) returns to his suburban home and is able to explain the situation and convince his wife that he is really Archer.
Sasha and Archer (as Castor) track Castor to Lazaro's funeral, where Castor (as Archer) is holding Archer's wife (Joan Allen) and daughter Jamie (Dominique Swain) hostage. The ensuing standoff leads to a gunfight in which Sasha and Castor's men are killed. Castor and Archer fight and Archer gains the upper hand. Jamie finds a gun and shoots at Archer, believing him to be Castor, but wounds him in the shoulder. Castor takes her hostage but she gets him to let go by stabbing him in the leg — ironically a trick which he himself taught her earlier.
Castor manages to escape in a boat, pursued by Archer. After a lengthy chase both Archer and Castor's boats are destroyed and they are thrown ashore by an explosion. The two fight and Archer kills Castor with a spear gun. Archer's wife is able to convince the FBI of Sean's true identity and the face swap is reversed, with the exception of his scar (Archer was wounded in the incident where his son was killed), as he doesn't "need it anymore". Archer then adopts Adam, Castor Troy's son, having promised Sasha that he will not grow up to be a criminal.
EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE FILM:
John Woo was offered a chance to direct but declined unless the studio agreed to give him more creative control than he had received on his previous American films. He picked Travolta and Cage to star. Woo set the movie in the present so he could focus on the psychological elements of the story, such as the effect that the feud between the two men has on Archer's family. In line with Woo's style from his earlier films, many action scenes were filmed in slow motion.
Costing $80 million to make, Face/Off made heavy use of action set pieces including several violent shootouts and a boat chase. It was filmed in the Los Angeles area.
The names Castor and Pollux come from a pair of Brothers from Greek Mythology which also features the city of Troy. The story itself, most notably the hatred between Archer and Troy, is very similar to that of Hector and Achilles, who fought against each other in the Trojan War.
Pollux is held at Erehwon prison, a secret jail for top terrorists. The inmates do not even know which part of the country they are in. "Erehwon" is "nowhere" in reverse.The reversal is taken from the title of an an allegorical novel by Samuel Butler.
The battle in the church, which includes doves flying around and religious artifacts being destroyed, is similar to the final confrontation in Woo's classic film The killer. Doves are a symbol of peace.

I personally love this film as it was so brilliantly done, John Woo is a very talented director and he really knows how to tell a story without leaving the audience confused as this plot could so easily have been lost had it have been left for someone else to direct!!!! I give it a 5 star rating!!! Though I should also point out that he made an excellent choice in selecting Nicolas Cage and John Travolta to play the lead roles!!!! They truly are brilliant ESPECIALLY Nicolas!! and I'm not just saying that cause I love him, he really is an amazing actor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally the film was to be set in the far future and was to star Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvestor Stallone!!!! in the lead roles. ( Can you imagine that? That would be like The Terminator Meets Rambo !! LOL ). Another pairing that was considered was that of Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas. When the film was eventually made, Douglas was an executive producer.

He certainly made an excellent choice in Nic and John!!!!!!!!