face change

Tina 2022-04-23 07:01:17

The characters of these two rivals seem to be mutually reinforcing, Kester is crazy and arrogant, Sean is calm and low-key and rational, and after their face changes, it seems that one person's personality has completely changed, evoking another opposite personality. Every time they faced each other, it was like a completely opposite self in the depths of their hearts, as if they were not facing an enemy, but a self they didn’t know. They also accomplished what the other lacked by changing their faces. Sean deceived the inmate who wanted to avenge his wife and daughter on both sides of the prison, comforted and made up for one of Kester's women, protected and gave Kester's son, and eventually adopted his son. Kester also seemed to have a trace of repentance at the tomb of Sean's son Mike, comforting Sean's wife, adjusting the conflict between Sean and his daughter, teaching Dengzi for his daughter, and teaching her self-defense. In these places, I feel that the distance between the two is not so far away, but there is some blending and complementarity. Such two people are old enemies. The "face-changing" plot in this film reminded me of the second finale of "Sherlock", where Sherlock used Disguise to transform Moriarty into his own image, instead of his own death. These two are also real enemies. perhaps! These two people are very similar in essence but absolutely different.

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Extended Reading
  • Celestine 2022-03-15 09:01:02

    The performances of the two male protagonists are so perfect and Wu Yusen's skills are also very stable.

  • Teagan 2022-03-15 09:01:02

    Good movie, worth watching

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!