Troy flees the church with Archer pursuing him. This you gotta see. Sean catches big-time criminals. "[17] Richard Corliss of Time said that the film "isn't just a thrill ride, it's a rocket into the thrilling past, when directors could scare you with how much emotion they packed into a movie. We're continuing the Troy and Archer storyline. To catch Castor, Sean has forsaken his home life. Troy-as-Archer is promoted to acting director as plans are made for Lazarro's funeral. He calls his gang, and they force Dr. Walsh to transplant Archer's face onto him. The assassin was none other than Castor Troy, a notorious criminal whom Sean has spent years trying to catch. A commercial success, the film earned $245 million worldwide making it the 11th highest-grossing film of 1997. A speedboat chase ensues in which Archer forces Troy to shore by collision, then bests Troy in a melee fight. She also starred in such hits as Pleasantville, the Bourne Supremacy, and the 2008 remake of Death Race, starring Jason Statham. Castor Troy: [as Sean Archer] No. He then approaches Eve, and convinces her to test Troy-as-Archer's blood to prove his identity. And now that Troy is dead, is he really gone? Eve Archer Sean's wife. [15], The role reversal between Travolta and Cage was a subject of praise, as were the stylized, violent action sequences. Discover (and save!) It went on to become the 11th highest domestic and 14th worldwide grossing film of 1997, earning a domestic total of $112,276,146 and $133,400,000 overseas for a total of worldwide gross of $245,676,146. Castor Troy is a wanted terrorist-for-hire. Sean Archer A FBI special agent hunting down the ... Castor Troy A freelance terrorist. This book is the closed-door version of Chance on Love by Nancy Corrigan, the Mainstream Fiction pen name of Dana Archer. The first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creative control, Face/Off earned critical acclaim for its acting performances (especially Cage and Travolta), stylized action sequences, John Powell's musical score, emotional depth, originality, humor, direction and stunts. Amy Franks (born 1989) (Jennifer Daley, formerly played by Vinette Robinson and Natalia Cappuccini) is the vicar's spirited daughter who is a friend to Alice Carter. It is often cited as Woo's best Hollywood film. Werb and Colleary have cited White Heat (1949) as an influence on the plot. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg) at the 70th Academy Awards, but lost to another Paramount film Titanic. [2], The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes records that 92% of 86 critical reviews were positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. It’s not about the world that the characters exist in. [4], With an $80 million production budget, Face/Off made heavy use of action set pieces including several violent shootouts and a boat chase filmed in the Los Angeles area. If that seems like a complicated plan, things will only get hairier from there. It's called "I've Got A Feelin'", originally recorded by Billy Currington. Castor has an arch-nemesis: FBI Special Agent Sean Archer, who has been pursuing him for a while. Sean - Ebook written by Dana Archer. And hopefully once he frees himself of the burden of catching Castor Troy, he’ll be able to relax a bit. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family. Take CharacTour's quiz to get recommendations for thousands of characters, movies, TV shows, books, and games that are high matches for YOUR unique personality. [22] The concept of "bian lian" or "change face", a technique traditionally used in Chinese opera, may have been used here to depict the fluid and seamless morph of Chen and Lau's characters' identities between the "good" and "bad" sides. Filmmaker John Woo’s 1997 action blockbuster Face/Off has become a cult classic in recent times. Sean will try anything to catch Castor Troy so he can finally retire and rest easy. The movie’s story of a cop and a criminal, Sean Archer and Castor Troy swapping identities by surgically interchanging their faces is often cited as one of the most bizarre premises in the history of Hollywood. Meanwhile, Troy unexpectedly awakens from his coma and discovers his face missing. Archer's family, in particular, are far removed from the one-dimensional characters who traditionally populate action movies, thanks in large part to the casting of Joan Allen as Sean's wife. Sean Archer is a portrait photographer, speaker, educator. Dec 3, 2020 - This Pin was discovered by Hüsniye Nur Yeter. Day and night, Archer devotes himself to catching Troy, who is now at his most dangerous. “To me, Face/Off isn’t about a procedure or anything like that. He is machavellian, savvy, sadistic, psychopathic, and remorseless. Wingard stated that the two characters will be at the centre of the plot for the new movie. Sean Archer, Stunts: The First Purge. TV Series. That’s what this movie is about. There, he meets Sasha, the sister of Troy's primary drug kingpin, and her son Adam, who reminds Archer of Michael. Dietrich Hassler Sasha's brother and a good friend of ... Victor Lazarro Sean's direct superior. At the prison, Archer prepares to tell Biondi of the location but is surprised when Troy appears instead, with Archer's face. https://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/blog/natural-light-photographer-sean-archer Sasha arrives, and a gunfight ensues; Sasha manages to save Eve after taking a bullet. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Archer is taken to the same high-security prison where Pollux is being held, and slowly convinces Pollux that he is Troy, gaining information on the bomb's location. With the upcoming Face/Off […] [4] The first actors who were envisioned by the writers to play Sean Archer and Castor Troy were Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger due to their oversized on-screen personas. [14] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Pollux is freed when he willingly tells Troy-as-Archer of the bomb's location, and Troy disarms the bomb in a dramatic fashion. Sterling Malory Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), codename: Duchess, is 184 lb, 6'2", 36 years old (computer-screen readout in the show's first episode) and has black hair and blue eyes.He is considered the world's most dangerous secret agent. David Permut will be executive producer, with Neal Moritz to produce and Oren Uziel to write. Now, the hunt is more personal than ever. Before killing two more federal agents, Troy briefly takes Jamie hostage, but she escapes by stabbing him with a butterfly knife that Troy had given her for self-defense. Troy-as-Archer earns admiration from the FBI office and becomes close to Archer's wife Eve and daughter Jamie, whom Archer had been neglecting while chasing down Troy. They still visit young Michael’s grave every year at his birthday, but it’s going to take a lot of work to bring Sean and his wife back together. Meanwhile, Archer-as-Troy escapes after staging a riot and retreats to Troy's headquarters posing as Troy. Troy then kills Dr. Walsh, Biondi, and Miller, the only three who knew of the transplant. That’s what this movie is about. It’s not about the world that the characters exist in. Living… in the wake of his son’s murder. Woo puts all six in. Relationship Status… married, but to his job as much as to his wife. It took him just two years to go the entire way from a beginner who knew absolutely nothing about photography to a world-renowned master whose works are published on the covers of the … He is also responsible for numerous bombings and many political assassinations. Jamie Archer Sean's daughter. Fans of him like these movies, TV shows, books and video games. [Tito, Sean Archer's best friend was killed by Castor Troy] Troy goads Archer with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in Los Angeles set to go off in a few days, but he is knocked into a coma before Archer can learn more. Sean is suitable for readers who prefer closed-door romance without harsh language. Travolta and Cage starred in Face/Off as, respectively, Sean Archer and Castor Troy, an FBI agent and terrorist-for-hire who, over the course of their cat-and-mouse game, undergo an experimental transplant procedure, allowing them to literally switch faces. Leave them out of it. your own Pins on Pinterest After the face transplant surgery is reversed, Archer returns home, adopting Adam into his family and keeping his promise to Sasha. It’s the continuation of that story. Castor Troy : [as Sean Archer] No brother could either. But, you took it too personally. The movie’s story of a cop and a criminal, Sean Archer and Castor Troy swapping identities by surgically interchanging their faces is often cited as one of the most bizarre premises in the history of Hollywood. You should have left them out of it. Personality… frustrated, driven, and single-minded. Sean Archer is known for his work on The First Purge (2018), Ray Donovan (2013) and Luke Cage (2016). For now, he is known as having a “bug in his ass.” When his underlings ask to take a break, he shouts, “We’ll take a break when the case breaks!” Sean has never recovered from the death of his son, but for the sake of the rest of his family – and himself – he needs to find a way to move on. Troy mutilates his own/Archer's face to taunt and distract him, but Archer instead gains the upper hand and impales Troy with a spear gun, killing him. To take advantage of all of CharacTour’s features, you need your own personal account. And that's where we're picking up. Challenge… stopping Castor Troy. An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. It’s about Sean Archer and it’s about Castor Troy. Six years later, Archer's vendetta against Troy culminates in his team's ambush of Troy and his younger brother and accomplice Pollux at a remote desert airstrip. Her role as Delphine was a crucial one. [7], The Face/Off soundtrack was released by Hollywood Records on July 1, 1997, the week following the film's release.[10]. [12], Face/Off was released in North America on June 27, 1997 and earned $23,387,530 on its opening weekend, ranking number one in the domestic box office. Get entertainment recommendations for your unique personality and find out which of 5,500+ characters are most like you. Convinced of her husband's identity, Eve tells Archer that Troy will be vulnerable at Lazarro's funeral. During this Archer, Sasha, and Adam are able to escape. [23] In February 2021, it was reported that Adam Wingard would direct and the film would be a direct sequel to the original. It’s the continuation of that story. Your son was an accident. FBI Special Agent Sean Archer survives an assassination attempt by freelance terrorist and homicidal sociopath Castor Troy, but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy. Several pieces of music and songs were used in the film but not included in the soundtrack. Some people just assume when I say that that it just means it takes place in the world of Face/Off. Castor Troy : [knowing Eve is not being honest with him] Lies, deceit, mixed messages... this is turning into a real marriage. An easy connection to the original film would be following John Travolta’s Sean Archer as the top dog at the FBI who just happens to be familiar with this procedure and its side effects. Maybe stopping Troy once and for all will enable him to do that. Catherine, her late mother, was of African-Caribbean descent. Face/Off is a 1997 American action film directed by John Woo, written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The raid quickly turns into a bloodbath, killing numerous FBI agents and several members of Troy's gang, including Pollux. Pollux Troy Castor's brother. Gala by Sean Archer / 500px Saved by Hüsniye Nur Yeter Archer Daenerys Targaryen Game Of Thrones Characters Fictional Characters Sterling Archer Fantasy Characters Tragic Hero / Heroic cop Sean Archer is the main protagonist of science fiction action thriller movie, Face/Off. Troy has hidden a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in L.A., and Sean needs to find it. "[16] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers said of the film, "You may not buy the premise or the windup, but with Travolta and Cage taking comic and psychic measures of their characters and their own careers, there is no resisting Face/Off. Infernal Affairs in turn has spawned several adaptations, notably The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Sasha Hassler : [coming in] Neither could a sister. When Archer took the case, it wasn't the first time they met. Sean didn’t used to be so bitter. Sean Archer: [as Castor Troy] This is between us. Joan Allen is best known to audiences for her role as Eve Archer, the wife of face-swapping supercop Sean Archer in the John Woo hit Face/Off. The boat scene at the end of the film was shot in San Pedro. Sean decides to take advantage of an innovative surgical technique to literally put Troy's face on his own so that he can pretend to be Troy to foil the bomb plot. I wanted to kill you. When Archer took the case, it wasn't the first time they met. Face/Off is said to have inspired Infernal Affairs. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg) at the 70th Academy Awards. Archer discovers that Adam is Troy's son. John Woo became attached in 1996. Face/Off also won Saturn Awards for Best Director and Best Writing, and the MTV Movie Awards for Best Action Sequence (the speedboat chase) and Best On-Screen Duo for Travolta and Cage. See our top-ranked characters and read their profiles. 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Fans of him like these other characters in entertainment. Sean Archer: [as Castor Troy] No father could. Released in 1997 and directed by John Woo, Face/Off follows Sean Archer (John Travolta), an FBI Agent, who undergoes experimental plastic surgery … Paramount Pictures announced in September 2019 plans to remake Face/Off with a new cast. At the suggestion of his partner Tito Biondi and Special Ops specialist Hollis Miller, Archer reluctantly secretly undergoes a highly experimental face transplant procedure by Dr. Malcolm Walsh to take on Troy's face, voice, and appearance. He’s been uptight and angry ever since a wayward bullet (intended for Archer himself) killed his son. Luke Cage (4 episodes) Sean Archer portrayed Hostage / Protester in the Luke Cage episodes Take It Personal and Now You're Mine . 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