Episode 116 - Face/Off

Somehow John Woo’s remake of “Freaky Friday” known as “Face/Off”
starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage where they switch bodies
was somehow beloved by audiences—and critics alike—in 1997.


 


But this is nothing more than a shoot-‘em-up cheesy action flick
that appears it was made by 8th graders who live in the suburbs
who just read about mythology.


 


This movie has 4,529 missed point-blank gunshots, sappy family
drama for no reason, dead kids, white American terrorists (when
that was allowed to be a thing), a futuristic Gitmo with magnetic
boots, and so many doves.


 


And weirdly we wouldn’t have Scorsese’s “The Departed” without
this movie. Listen to find out how.


 


Join us as we wonder how the wife doesn’t realize her husband has
a completely different penis, why Child Protective Services would
allow this family to adopt that kid, and how this movie could
have been truly great if it were a straight-up comedy.


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