The movie is about an FBI agent (Travolta) who had an assassination attempt made on his life by sociopath terrorist (Cage) which ended in the death of his son. Travolta basically devotes his life to finding Cage and succeeds. The problem is, Cage planted a bomb and they need to find out where it is so they have been keeping Cage alive. Chance of resurrection is unlikely so another plan is made: Travolta is going to literally take Cage's face and go into prison as him. If this sounds ridiculous, trust me when I say the "science" behind it makes it even worse. Of course, Cage wakes up and makes the doctors give him Travolta's face before he kills them all and starts living his life. Cage kills the FBI director and Travolta's doctor wife finds out what is going on. There's a huge, half hour long fight scene at the funeral which ends in Cage's death. Travolta then adopts Cage's orphaned son because he reminds him of his own son who Cage killed, which is really messed up the more you think about it.
Words cannot convey how weird this movie is. The acting is the hammiest ham you will ever see, mostly reserved for whoever is playing Cage's character, but so overwhelming throughout that you kind of forget that everyone else is acting mostly normal. The movie is directed by John Woo, which means a lot of incongruous slow-mo, never ending fight scenes that get stranger and stranger, and doves. The movie also had music playing in the background throughout almost the entire thing and it was constantly undermining how you were supposed to feel. Script wise, the movie was just so full of references to faces and saving faces and identity that it kind of felt like someone just learned what a theme was and needed to ensure that everyone else will know that they know.
Watch it once for the madness, but not again because it's almost two and a half hours.
Quote: "It's like looking into a mirror but . . NOT."
Spoon Rating: 5
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