

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Direction
John Woo's religious gun worship and dove fetish on full display
Acting
Both leads playing each other playing themselves — unhinged
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI face-swap tension, all prosthetics and pure commitment

Director
John Woo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The face-off surgery scene used no CGI — all practical effects with Travolta and Cage studying each other's mannerisms for months.
This was Woo's American masterpiece, taking his Hong Kong 'heroic bloodshed' style and dialing it to absurd Hollywood extremes — the bridge between hardboiled Asian action and Michael Bay excess.