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In the late 90s, John Woo had his first successful US films hit. First was Broken Arrow then came Face/Off.
Both of these movies are in my list of top faves. Face/Off being a little bit higher because it went back to Woo's Asain roots. The studio actually made this film feel like one of his own, and not just a film with his name slapped on it.
First up:
John Travolta teams with Woo again, this time playing FBI agent Sean Archer. Who is obsessed with catching a terrorist mastermind Castor Troy(Nicholas Cage) who, 7 years before had killed his son Mike, in an attempt to kill Archer.
After Troy is defeated and put into a coma. Archer finds out that there is a bomb filled with nerve gas set to go off. They don't know the location, or the date. Archer goes after Troys gang, and his brother. Nobody will give up the info, so with Castor in a coma, he must find a new way to find out where the bomb is. He then goes under a critical surgery which takes Castors face, and is placed on top of Archers body.
The surgery awakens Troy, who then has the doctor do the same procedure to him. Now with Archer as Troy, in jail, going after some info from Castors little brother. Troy is now Archer, and is taking advantage of his new found authoritarian life.
If you haven't see it, it sounds confusing. But it's not. It's pure action delight! This is the action of all action movies. See the above trailer.
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Broken Arrow is a military code for the lose of a nuclear weapon. Hence the title.
John Travolta and Christian Slater are two Air Force pilots flying stealth jets over Utah with 2 live nukes as part of a training session.
Travolta plays Deacon and Slater stars as Hail. Deacon, turns on his country and comes up with a plan to steal the nukes. He makes it look like Hail (Slater) is trying to steal them, and crashes the jet in the Utah desert. Now with the help of a National Park ranger, Hail goes off to find the nukes before Deacon can get to them and hold the world hostage.
This one is pretty self explanitory, but very entertaining. Some of the cast will make you scratch your head as to, what was Woo thinking. But it's easily over looked. The movie is full of action, but you can definately tell the studio had it's say in the produciton of the film.
8/10 Check it out, if you haven't seen it already.
Both of these movies are in my list of top faves. Face/Off being a little bit higher because it went back to Woo's Asain roots. The studio actually made this film feel like one of his own, and not just a film with his name slapped on it.
First up:
John Travolta teams with Woo again, this time playing FBI agent Sean Archer. Who is obsessed with catching a terrorist mastermind Castor Troy(Nicholas Cage) who, 7 years before had killed his son Mike, in an attempt to kill Archer.
After Troy is defeated and put into a coma. Archer finds out that there is a bomb filled with nerve gas set to go off. They don't know the location, or the date. Archer goes after Troys gang, and his brother. Nobody will give up the info, so with Castor in a coma, he must find a new way to find out where the bomb is. He then goes under a critical surgery which takes Castors face, and is placed on top of Archers body.
The surgery awakens Troy, who then has the doctor do the same procedure to him. Now with Archer as Troy, in jail, going after some info from Castors little brother. Troy is now Archer, and is taking advantage of his new found authoritarian life.
If you haven't see it, it sounds confusing. But it's not. It's pure action delight! This is the action of all action movies. See the above trailer.
Next Up:
[YT]vMPltkNOvgM[/YT]
Broken Arrow is a military code for the lose of a nuclear weapon. Hence the title.
John Travolta and Christian Slater are two Air Force pilots flying stealth jets over Utah with 2 live nukes as part of a training session.
Travolta plays Deacon and Slater stars as Hail. Deacon, turns on his country and comes up with a plan to steal the nukes. He makes it look like Hail (Slater) is trying to steal them, and crashes the jet in the Utah desert. Now with the help of a National Park ranger, Hail goes off to find the nukes before Deacon can get to them and hold the world hostage.
This one is pretty self explanitory, but very entertaining. Some of the cast will make you scratch your head as to, what was Woo thinking. But it's easily over looked. The movie is full of action, but you can definately tell the studio had it's say in the produciton of the film.
8/10 Check it out, if you haven't seen it already.
