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One ofNicolas Cage ’s rage Hellenic movies - one that has a 93 % score on Rotten Tomatoes - is getting a legacy continuation , but it can only run if it does one thing ripe . Nicolas Cage has made almost 100 picture in his career , andthe ranking of Cage ’s moviesgoes from dear to bad to " so unsound they ’re good . " There have also been multiplemoments in Cage ’s films that were accidentally screaming . All that has lead to the actor make a few movies become cultus classics , likeCon - AirandWicker Man . One of those furor classics is getting a subsequence almost 30 years after it was first released .
InFace / Off , Cage played Castor Troy , a terrorist and arch nemesis of John Travolta ’s Sean Archer . inquisitively , Cage also played Archer for the majority of the flick , asFace / Offsees the two switch face and identities . Despite the strange premise , Face / Offbecame a cult classic that reach an impressiveRotten Tomatoesscore of 93 % . One factor was more important than any other inFace / Off ’s decisive winner , and the sequel utterly needs to sustain it to be any good .
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Face/Off 2 Can Only Work If It Does Not Take Itself Too Seriously
Face / Off 2has been confirmed , meaning one of Nicolas Cage ’s wackiest and most dear moving-picture show will get a chance to shine once again . The sequel has spend years in development , and it ’s too early to tell if it will be good or not , but one thing ’s for certain : Face / Off 2won’t follow at all if it ca n’t have play with its nonsensical premise like the original did . There is n’t another movie quite like the originalFace / Off , and the sequel needs to commemorate that its absurdity is just what makes it deserving see .
case / Off 2does not presently have a completed handwriting . Director Adam Wingard pronounce he would reevaluate a script after the completion of his a la mode flick , Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire .
Face / Off 2needs to angle into its absurdity , but that does n’t mean it needs to be a straight pasquinade or meta character reference . Quite the opposite , in fact : Face / Off 2needs to playact its weird story as straight as the original did . The originalFace / Offknew it was unknown and out there , but even with its uncanny patch and strange acting selection from Travolta and Cage , it became a nearly timeless hit . Nothing illustrate how of import it is to blend absurdity with earnestness good thanFace / Off ’s whizz themselves .
Nicolas Cage & John Travolta Were Going For It In The Original Face/Off
The reason the originalFace / Offbecame a cult classic instead of a forgettable flop is because John Travolta and Nicolas Cage fully tip into the moving-picture show despite its absurdity . The originalFace / Offhad a truly convoluted secret plan , and one that could have easy been written off as too complex and far - fetched . Despite that , however , Cage and Travolta commit it their all . It ’s almost like they both usedFace / Off ’s nonsensical premise as an excuse to full tailor loose and do every odd thing they ’ve ever wanted to do as thespian . They both bring an unmatched level of energy toFace / Off , and the continuation need to replicate that .
It ’s almost like batting cage and Travolta both used Face / Off ’s absurd premiss as an excuse to amply trim unaffixed and do every funny thing they ’ve ever need to do as worker .
The trouble with attempt to duplicate the energy Cage and Travolta had inFace / Offis that they approached their role with such a great blending of ridiculous , over - the - top antics and earnest portrayals of their characters . For all of Cage and Travolta ’s strange choices inFace / Off , they both plow Archer and Troy as quality who had deep backstories and motivations . They also sour unbelievably well together , with each actor having a deep understanding of how to emulate the other . It will be quite unmanageable to find two lead actors who can match the spark Cage and Travolta had .
Adam Wingard’s Mosterverse Movies Prove He’s The Perfect Fit For Face/Off 2
While receive actors who can poise the fatuity and sincerity of the originalFace / Offwill be quite difficult , the sequel has already ground a director capable of striking that Libra the Scales . Adam Wingard is sic to directFace / Off 2 , and his previous movie , particularly the Monsterverse movies he ’s created , are a corking preindication of what he can do for the bequest sequel . Wingard aim bothGodzilla vs. KongandGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire , two movies with premises almost as ridiculous asFace / Offthat lean into that absurdity with just as much earnestness .
Adam Wingard ’s Monsterverse Movies
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John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star in Face/Off as Sean Archer and Castor Troy, an FBI agent and a terrorist who undergo a face transplant surgery to assume each other’s identities. The 1997 action thriller is directed by famous Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo.
Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire
Wingard ’s Monsterverse pic were never concerned with being serious or have a realistic plot . He understand what variety of movie he was make , and he deliver on the promise of showing an epical fight between a giant lizard and a gargantuan monkey . Wingard ’s Monsterverse motion-picture show never got bogged down judge to escape its ridiculousness ; instead , they used it to become even better . That form of direction is exactly whatFace / Off 2needs to recreateNicolas Cage ’s cultus classic .
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John Travolta and Nicolas Cage star topology in Face / Off as Sean Archer and Castor Troy , an FBI agent and a terrorist who undergo a case transplant surgery to assume each other ’s identity operator . The 1997 action thriller is directed by famous Hong Kong film maker John Woo .
