Director: John Woo
Starring: Nicolas Cage Gina Gerson, john Travolta, joan allen and Dominic Swing.
Type: Frightening action
Trailer: 1
Release date:1June 27, 997
Region: USA
Dialogue: English
Duration: 138 minutes
Plot introduction:
Keith Troy, an unscrupulous terrorist, assassinated jean arthur, a senior FBI agent, but killed his only son by mistake, making jean arthur swear to put Keith Troy in prison himself. Under the tip-off of an informant, jean arthur finally had a chance to arrest him personally and bring Keith Troy and his brother to justice before they escaped by plane. After the gunfight, Keith Troy was in a coma because of his injuries.
Arthur thought it was all over, but he learned from Keith's younger brother that before he was arrested, Keith Troy had placed a powerful gas bomb in a crowded public place. No matter how pressed by the police, Keith's younger brother would rather die than tell the location of the bomb. At the end of his rope, Arthur's first mate offered to exchange the looks of Arthur and Keith Troy through high-tech plastic surgery, and then let Arthur pretend to be Keith Troy in prison, let Keith's younger brother think that his brother was resurrected and tell him the location of the bomb.
This "face change" plan is top secret of the FBI. Only the attending doctor and three FBI officers knew about it. Everything went well at first, and the fake Keith Troy got into prison. But unexpectedly, the unconscious Keith Troy woke up. Cunning, he decided to play along. The first step was to kill the doctor who was engaged in this task and the informed FB. ......
Special agent Sean (john Travolta) has been chasing terrorist killer Kester (Nicolas Cage) for eight years. Kester once killed his son, so they forged a deep hatred. When Sean finally got a chance to arrest him himself, Kester was already unconscious because of his injuries. In order to investigate the location of the deadly bomb, Sean took the initiative to take off his face, put on Kester's face in a coma, and sneaked into the prison to join the gang to find the location of the bomb. But never imagined that the sober Kester turned into Sean's face and became an FBI agent, which put Sean's family and career in crisis ... A fierce battle between good and evil was ignited. Ironically, because of the change of face, the two seemed to fall into the enemy's body and mind. How do they save their face?
Cast:
Nicolas Cage ... Castor Troy/Sean Archer.
Gina Gerson ... Sasha Ha Silei
John Travolta ... Sean Archer/Castor Troy.
Joan allen ... Dr Eve Archer.
Dominic Swing ... Jamie Archer
Nick cassavetes Dietrich Ha Silei
CCH Pounder ... Dr. Hollis Miller.
John carroll lynch ... Warden Walton.
Paul Hipp ... smelly cat.
Thomas Jane ... Burke Hicks
Danny masterson ... Carl
Alessandro nivola ... Polox Troy
Kirk Baltz ... aldo (M.)
Christopher Bauer ... Ivan Dubov
John Bloom ... Shock technician.
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Face-changing movie
Film material:
Director: Wu
Year: 1995
Actors: Zhu Xu, Zhou,.
Award-winning status: 1995 China Watch Best Co-production Award.
Tokyo International Film Festival Best Director Award
After entering the 1990s, although Shaw Company did not make great achievements in film production, some films it invested in after becoming an investor were still quite standard.
In the 1930s, because of the corrupt rule of the government of the Republic of China, the people of the whole country were in poverty, and the story of FACE/OFF happened in such an era. An old artist with a unique skill of changing face, the King of Changing Face, lives alone in a small boat, wandering on both sides of the Sichuan River and earning a living by performing arts. Because he lost his son in his early years and no one passed on his stunts, the face-changing king felt that he was in his later years and decided to buy a boy as his grandson to inherit the incense. What the child bought was just a girl who mixed men's clothes with women's clothes. As a result, the girl and the face-changing king became apprentices. The good times didn't last long. The girl dog accidentally burned the boat and dared not see the face-changing king again. She was taken away by traffickers again in the wandering. At the trafficker, Gowa met a boy who was also captured by the trafficker. A godsend is the master of the local garrison commander Wen Jia. Unknowingly, Gowa escaped with the God-given, and sent the God-given as his grandson to the ship of the Face-changing King. The face-changing king was taken away as a trafficker, beaten into a confession and sentenced to death. The dog begged the male Danhuo Guanyin, who had appreciated the unique stunt of the face-changing king, for help, and finally moved Mr. Wen to mediate. The face-changing king was rescued, and finally he passed on his unique skills to the dog baby and inherited the mantle.
This film shows the hard life of an old artist of Sichuan Opera. The face-changing king is a typical conservative. It's a pity that China's ancient concept of passing on his stunts from generation to generation has led to the loss of countless folk stunts, and the face-changing king is also a person who sticks to this concept. Because of this conservative concept, it also determines the hard life that the face-changing king is doomed to in this era. The face-changing king is full of pride and pride in his bones, but in this era, he is like a tiger in Pingyang and can only become a street performer. Even with stunts, it is difficult to get rid of the poverty of life and can only feel the fate alone.
Living Guanyin is the representative of another artist's image in this era, and it seems to be entrusted by the public psychology. It is a model that can fully integrate into the tide of society, and the face-changing king is another model that is excluded from the mainstream of society, that is, the so-called sensible person. The face-changing king refused the invitation of the living Guanyin because he refused to give up his idea. Of course, he is the representative of the ignorant. The living Guanyin is the most big noble that the face-changing king met in his later years. In this era of moral decay shown in the film, it is indeed the greatest blessing for the face-changing king to meet such a kind person as Live Guanyin, and finally being saved by the dog baby is also an affirmation of good people.
Dog dolls are a portrayal of society's preference for boys over girls, and the people are miserable. At that time, a baby girl could be bought for only two dollars, and the child was already a burden in the eyes of parents. It is the dog's helplessness to pretend to be a boy and cheat the buyer. After being sold for seven times, she experienced a life worse than animals that modern people can't imagine. What condenses on her is also a profound hatred for the old society. In order to repay the kindness of the face-changing king to take him in, Dao Wei brought a gift from God to the face-changing king. It is also to repay the face-changing king and reproduce the scene of Guanyin giving his life to save his father from becoming a Buddha. No matter how the face-changing king treated her, in Dogway's heart, he still saved his grandfather who had a stable life. She doesn't know any ancient books. She imitates the story of Guanyin just because she saw the performance of the living Guanyin, but she knows what kindness is. To tell the truth, buying such a child, in addition to embodying the truth of growing melons, is indeed a blessing for the face-changing king.
The shooting technique of the film is exquisite, and the emotional treatment of the characters is accurate. For the background of the times, there is not much deliberate performance in the camera, but by telling the bumpy experience of a face-changing king, this war-torn era is shown. The face-changing king was beaten to confess and accused of kidnapping all children, which is a reflection of the darkness of the government in society. Mr. Wen came forward to rescue the changing king, which was a reflection that the military strength was greater than the local government in that social period. What causes this situation is the ugliness of the times, which is exactly what the film wants to reveal. The indifference of the world is not as good as a monkey around the face-changing king. The music of the film is mainly folk music, which contains a touch of sadness to express this sad era.
This film, named FACE/OFF, is not only based on the stunt of the face-changing king, but also used to show the changes of people's attitudes in reality, including several changes of the face-changing king's attitude towards dog dolls. These changes are all from the ugly face of society. The most commendable lines in the film are full of artistic conception of China's classical literature. All kinds of witticisms and jargon come from the mouth of the face-changing king, a low-level figure in society. In addition to showing his rich social experience, they are more used to compare with those who are not proficient in arts and sciences and hold political power and military power, reflecting the shallowness of the social power.
Even if the face-changing king finally got the successor he needed, he still didn't get rid of the lifestyle of wandering on the Chuanjiang River. Even if he is happy with his family, in this turbulent year, any tragedy may still befall them again. Nevertheless, they still live a strong life, with their own way and their own happiness.
Compared with the aristocratic life of debauchery, the hardships of the bottom people seem to be more favored by directors in the 1980 s and 1990 s. After all, many of them have experienced it. Seeing these hardships, we can cherish our present life more.
Postscript: Face-changing/Guan has many nouns and terms, among which face-changing refers to a performance technique in Sichuan Opera, which is now called Sichuan Opera stunt. At present, the most common form of performance is to paste or peel off one face after another with pre-drawn faces, mainly to quickly test skills. Paoge Club, which was joined by the Changing Face King, was a popular folk gang organization in Sichuan during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Other areas are called the Geriatric Society. During the Republic of China, it was also called the three major non-governmental organizations with green gang and Hong Men. Paoge's members are mainly concentrated at the bottom of society. Obviously, the face-changing king joined the Paoge Club to facilitate his street life. As for other attempts, there should be no. Chuanjiang, where the King of Change Faces lives, refers to the section of the Yangtze River from Yibin, Sichuan to Yichang, Hubei, during which the famous Leshan Giant Buddha appeared. However, this landmark building exists only to illustrate the location of the story. Of course, I envy seeing such a beautiful place every day.
Zhu Xu, an old actor who plays the face-changing king, has a good acting skill, so don't talk about it. Although the face-changing performance is related to film technology, we can also see the efforts made by the actors. Zhou, the little actor who plays the dog doll, should be from acrobatics and have certain attainments in acrobatic jujitsu.