I rewatched Face/Off yesterday, which is something I hadnt done in a while
I really love this movie. Like, I get what's bad about it, and most of all I get the wasted potential of the concept of a cop having to wear the face of the madman who murdered his child and shit like that. The mirror visuals, the real simple but kinda deep? nature of the film's plot and concept is something so appealing to me for some weird reason
and then John Woo and Travolta and Cage what the fuck? this is amazing
we don't really see Castor Troy's body aftermath.
what's great about the idea of a sequel is not only that (like highlighted in the how did this get made ep) we could get to see how fucked up that kid that ends up in the Travolta family ends up being
BUT
this movie entertains the possibility that we can have ANY ACTOR PLAYING NIC CAGE
maybe Castor Troy was alive and got a new face
a new famous actor's face. who is playing their own version on Nic Cage
and of course, at some point he gets his fucking face back, or WHATEVER, and it's nic cage out-crazying the crazy portrayal some other new actor had of him
what? what is John Woo doing? the fuckin Crossing 2? fuck you
edit: im gonna edit in my pitch cause I believe in it
Face/Off 2
hear me out
Castor Troy went down as a legend in the underground crime world
nick cassavettes survived the bullet wound and is in possesion of nic cage's body
he gets a hold of that private company's face tech. he works with someone inside who wants money on the side
he offers through his sleazy underground channels an opportunity to wear the actual Castor Troy's face
villains and ex-cons from Erewhon prison love the legend of Castor Troy so much, one of them (new top actor dude) takes up Cassavettes offer when he's released from Erewhon, after hearing about the crazy outbreak and becoming fascinated with Troy
he gets Troy's face. BOOM nic cage is on the film
twist: Castor Troy was working with Cassavettes the whole time and was actually ALIVE, now he has NEW TOP ACTOR FACE and is free and un-wanted once more
twist2: he ends up wanting his face back and gets a cloned model of it. resulting in final fight being Cage vs Cage
John Travolta is an alcoholic failure now cause he couldnt save his marriage.
He realizes Nic Cage wearing his face did a better job as a father and husband than he ever did. Joan Allen leaves him, his daughter dies of a drug overdose, and he's alone. new kid with his mom
he's crazy and his house is a mess full of broken mirrors, pics of cage, booze bottles on the ground, cliched hit bottom guy stuff
he gets called by the bureau to help out with this "there's some guy wearing castor troy's face" since he knows a lot about him. he's the only one
but, nobody knows he's crazy. he keeps it cool
cause ultimately, he ends up getting his hands on another copy of Nic Cage's face. He's obssesed with him and how during the plot of the first movie he was a better man than he could ever be. He's in love with him, he wants to be him
he puts the face on (Face/On?), with the intention of killing the other 2 Cages and be the man he always wanted to be, the man he still has inside of him.
Cage vs Cage vs unexpected third Cage
edit:
movie is now called Cage/Off
I really love this movie. Like, I get what's bad about it, and most of all I get the wasted potential of the concept of a cop having to wear the face of the madman who murdered his child and shit like that. The mirror visuals, the real simple but kinda deep? nature of the film's plot and concept is something so appealing to me for some weird reason
and then John Woo and Travolta and Cage what the fuck? this is amazing
we don't really see Castor Troy's body aftermath.
what's great about the idea of a sequel is not only that (like highlighted in the how did this get made ep) we could get to see how fucked up that kid that ends up in the Travolta family ends up being
BUT
this movie entertains the possibility that we can have ANY ACTOR PLAYING NIC CAGE
maybe Castor Troy was alive and got a new face
a new famous actor's face. who is playing their own version on Nic Cage
and of course, at some point he gets his fucking face back, or WHATEVER, and it's nic cage out-crazying the crazy portrayal some other new actor had of him
what? what is John Woo doing? the fuckin Crossing 2? fuck you

edit: im gonna edit in my pitch cause I believe in it
Face/Off 2
hear me out
Castor Troy went down as a legend in the underground crime world
nick cassavettes survived the bullet wound and is in possesion of nic cage's body
he gets a hold of that private company's face tech. he works with someone inside who wants money on the side
he offers through his sleazy underground channels an opportunity to wear the actual Castor Troy's face
villains and ex-cons from Erewhon prison love the legend of Castor Troy so much, one of them (new top actor dude) takes up Cassavettes offer when he's released from Erewhon, after hearing about the crazy outbreak and becoming fascinated with Troy
he gets Troy's face. BOOM nic cage is on the film
twist: Castor Troy was working with Cassavettes the whole time and was actually ALIVE, now he has NEW TOP ACTOR FACE and is free and un-wanted once more
twist2: he ends up wanting his face back and gets a cloned model of it. resulting in final fight being Cage vs Cage
John Travolta is an alcoholic failure now cause he couldnt save his marriage.
He realizes Nic Cage wearing his face did a better job as a father and husband than he ever did. Joan Allen leaves him, his daughter dies of a drug overdose, and he's alone. new kid with his mom
he's crazy and his house is a mess full of broken mirrors, pics of cage, booze bottles on the ground, cliched hit bottom guy stuff
he gets called by the bureau to help out with this "there's some guy wearing castor troy's face" since he knows a lot about him. he's the only one
but, nobody knows he's crazy. he keeps it cool
cause ultimately, he ends up getting his hands on another copy of Nic Cage's face. He's obssesed with him and how during the plot of the first movie he was a better man than he could ever be. He's in love with him, he wants to be him
he puts the face on (Face/On?), with the intention of killing the other 2 Cages and be the man he always wanted to be, the man he still has inside of him.
Cage vs Cage vs unexpected third Cage
edit:
movie is now called Cage/Off