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Janick 2022-04-19 09:01:19

Let's compliment the screenwriter What a brilliant idea! Try to figure out the mental process: what happens if a policeman and a criminal change faces -> It's interesting, but first of all, the two people need to have some connection, so let the criminal kill the policeman My son, the personal grievance between the police and the bandit sounds a bit vulgar, but it's not the point -> To let them meet so that the doctor can change their face, let the police catch the criminal first, well, it's better to have a big scene , stop him on the plane! -> wait, why are they changing faces, let me think...

Praise the director again: The director's rhythm control ability is very good, sometimes relaxed and sometimes tense, it belongs to the kind of action movie that can be watched with relatives and friends with peace of mind, but at the same time, the director also has perfect requirements for details, grasping the emotions. Reasonable is far more important than the reasonableness of the plot. I like the kiss after the long-awaited face-changing. This kiss is the wife's trust in her husband and the archer's self-acceptance. The audience also relaxes, which is perfect for the climax and ending of the film.

In a sense, this is a film about self-knowledge. Did he enjoy a little of his pleasure after taking a glass of drugs after years of unforgiving himself. Facing the person he killed with his own hands, the younger sister called him Dad, did he find a little bit of his conscience?

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  • Gerson 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Woo Yusen is still pretty good. Face-changing has always been the clue to the plot and also affects people's hearts. The ending is a happy ending. The happiest thing is that although Sean lost his son, he got another gift that seemed to be a highlight of the movie.

  • Alexandria 2021-10-20 19:01:22

    Don't understand why there are so many praises. In my opinion, this is a work with a deliberate appearance and no connotation. The plot is too fake, and other things are ordinary Hollywood feelings. Putting aside the remarkable heroic qualities of the series, it is a very sincere work. In fact, I really don't like the so-called violent aesthetic director Wu Yusen.

Face/Off quotes

  • Sean Archer: [over the phone with Victor] When we put this thing to bed, you can brand the fourth amendment on my butt.

  • [Troy and Archer see each other for the first time with each other's faces]

    Castor Troy: [grins] OOOEEEE, you're good lookin'! You're hot!

    [cocks his head]

    Castor Troy: It's like looking in a mirror, only not.

    Sean Archer: Troy?

    Castor Troy: Now that is between us. OK?

    Sean Archer: But you were, were, uh...

    Castor Troy: In a coma? Nothing like having your face cut off to disturb your sleep! Read the newspaper lately?

    [shows him a newspaper article headlined "Deadly Inferno at Walsh Institute"]

    Sean Archer: You killed them?

    Castor Troy: Yeah well, beats paying the bill, huh? I mean, come on, uh, if a face lift costs five grand...

    [shows Archer's wedding ring on his hand]

    Castor Troy: ... SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE?

    [Cut to a shot of Miller, Dr. Walsh, and Tito, all bound and gagged, being doused with gasoline]

    Sean Archer: [feeling a lump forming in his throat] Tito!

    [In flashback, a hand drops a lit cigarette in a puddle of gasoline that quickly spreads towards the captives]

    Castor Troy: I torched all the evidence that proves you're you, okay? So, wow! Looks like you're going to be in here for THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS! Now, I have got to go. I've got a government job to abuse and a lonely wife to fuck! Whoops did I just say that? I'm sorry... make love to! God, I miss that face!

    Sean Archer: [throws his hands around Castor's neck and tries to strangle him] DIIIIIIE! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!