Face/Off Remake

Mr E

Is nothing sacred?

Paramount have asked for a new script to be written, with a new cast. Probably not a slow motion dove in sight, either.

https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/iconic-faceoff-abut-rebooted-hollywood-thinks-perfection-can-topped-680976

TinCool

Why bother. The original wasn't all that great to begin with.

Bacchus

TinCool wrote: »

Why bother. The original wasn't all that great to begin with.

This time it's a male/female face/off and will delve into deep metaphysical questions about gender identity.

pixelburp

Surely for nothing to be sacred, there must be something sacred in the first place

Face/Off was rubbish, bolstered by two scenery chewers on cocaine, and John Woo before his career completely flatlined. 90s nostalgia trawling is kicking into gear, so any remake can only hope to improve

johnny_ultimate

Face/Off is nonsense, but it does boast one of the most magnificently unhinged openings in Hollywood history. Rest of it, as off-the-wall as it is, has nothing on the symphonic anarchy of that prologue.

pjohnson

How do you recast this

brevity

I hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave

loyatemu

Face/Off is great movie, totally over the top in concept and performance. Hugely entertaining.

Dades

Face/Off was fairly memorable for what it was. But I don't think it bothers me them rebooting it.

I had a much more negative reaction when I heard they were rebooting Point Break, for example. And rightly so as it turned out.

face/off, like so much else of cage's work, transcends whatever the director, screenwriter, other cast or audience might have had in mind.

it is magnificent.

I loved it as a 10 year old

loyatemu

Deleted User wrote: »

face/off, like so much else of cage's work, transcends whatever the director, screenwriter, other cast or audience might have had in mind.

it is magnificent.

I agree about Cage - he appears in a lot of crap but he's nearly always worth watching. Face/Off though also has a great director and an equally entertaining, scenery-chewing performance from Travolta.

El Duda

The only way this will be good is if David Cronenburg directs it. Which he won't.

banie01

Its gonna be a gender-genital swap, the leads are going to realize the futility of gender constructs, then fall in love with the person their funbits were grafted too before deciding that their bits are a lock that only their own Mickey can unlock...

Then in the aftermath of that genderfluid fluid swapping session...
Life!
Will find a way!

Segueing into a series of sequels and a whole new franchise

Is how I think this will go down :P

RocketRaccoon

I can't get my head around people slating face off, it is a stone cold classic.

Nic Cage went straight from the set of Con Air to the set of Face Off the next morning, what a time to be alive.

Drumpot

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

I can't get my head around people slating face off, it is a stone cold classic.

Nic Cage went straight from the set of Con Air to the set of Face Off the next morning, what a time to be alive.

In oxford English dictionary under the word "fun" reads: See "Con Air" and "Face off" for reference.

I was working in Xtra Vision at the time of these two gems being released. . Absolutely glorious movies. I pity the fool that cant enjoy Cyrus "make a move and the bunny gets it" virus, Cameron "Im gonna save the f**kin day" Poe or Castor "I can eat a peach for hours" Troy tearing up the screen. . Special mention for Garland "there is no medicine for what I have" Green . .

Even just quoting the movies I want to watch them over the next week. Not many modern movies I would get as excited about a re-watch.

I'm convinced he only ever signed up to movies if he could come up with his own character's name.....
Caster Troy
Memphis Rains
Cameron Poe
Stanley Goodspeed

banie01

banie01 wrote: »

Its gonna be a gender-genital swap, the leads are going to realize the futility of gender constructs, then fall in love with the person their funbits were grafted too before deciding that their bits are a lock that only their own Mickey can unlock...

Then in the aftermath of that genderfluid fluid swapping session...
Life!
Will find a way!

Segueing into a series of sequels and a whole new franchise

Is how I think this will go down :P

I'd love that. People would lose their **** over the whole gender identity thing.

RobbingBandit

One of my favourite films just absolute ****e


I can't see two actors alive today capturing the chemistry between Travolta and Cage, no one could repeat the performance of Pollux Troy. Leave these types of films alone they're cult classics for a reason.

RobbingBandit

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm convinced he only ever signed up to movies if he could come up with his own character's name.....
Caster Troy
Memphis Rains
Cameron Poe
Stanley Goodspeed

Castor and Pollux were the names of the twin brothers of Helen of Troy that's where the weird as **** names of these two came from.

FunLover18

This really doesn't bother,l me, Face/Off is f*cking weird. Fun but everyone involved was clearly high. I saw someone on Twitter suggest Jamie Foxx and Will Smith which I think would work really well with Foxx in the Travolta role and Smith in the Cage role. I think it was test Smith's acting in was y he hasn't been tested before (or at least in a very long time).

Homelander

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm convinced he only ever signed up to movies if he could come up with his own character's name.....
Caster Troy
Memphis Rains
Cameron Poe
Stanley Goodspeed

Only Steven Seagal can challenge him in the 'absurd names' category. Some choice selects:

Paulie Trunks
Elijah Kane
Robert 'Bobby' Samuels
Jonathan Cold
Simon Ballister
Harlan Banks
Sasha Petrosevitch
Forrest Taft
Mason Storm

lawred2

TinCool wrote: »

Why bother. The original wasn't all that great to begin with.

you abject bastard

El Duda

banie01 wrote: »

Its gonna be a gender-genital swap, the leads are going to realize the futility of gender constructs, then fall in love with the person their funbits were grafted too before deciding that their bits are a lock that only their own Mickey can unlock...

Then in the aftermath of that genderfluid fluid swapping session...
Life!
Will find a way!

Segueing into a series of sequels and a whole new franchise

Is how I think this will go down :P

Excellent stuff.



It should star Sigourney Weaver


A DVD extra featurette explaining the make-up process could be titled;


"How Sigourney Weaver Swapped Her Beaver"

Drumpot

I don’t want a remake but In a hypothetical scenario James Mcevoy and Taylor Kitsch.. Both can do comedy and action, Mcevoy can do anything to be fair (see split).

Agent Coulson

Helen Mirren & Judi Dench Face Off.

Meryl Streep & Glenn Close Face Off.

Angelina Jolie & Jennifer Aniston Face Off.

Wheety

TinCool wrote: »

Why bother. The original wasn't all that great to begin with.

CastorTroy

Needless to say, I think this remake is a stupid idea.

But like I say for all these remakes, why not just make a different film with a different name and have a similar plot. Can just be inspired by Face/Off.
Like Vice Versa is clearly a similar movie to Freaky Friday and The Hangover is clearly inspired by Dude, Where's My Car.
Then how many action movies have been similar in plot?


It'll be made as a comedy with Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock.

ligerdub

Face/Off was (is) a genuine classic of the 90's. It's even better due to it being such an unlikely hit. Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are absolutely terrible actors and the plot is borderline lunacy.

Having said that both of them are great in this and they make it work.

ziedth

If you didn't love face off we could never be friends. I'm a big John Woo and 90's action flick fan so it was always a winner in my eyes. Seemingly the script was written for Stallone/Arnie but neither wanted to "loose/die" at the end so it was moved on. Would never have been the same, Oliver Stone couldn't even match how OTT the whole thing is.

As for a remake, meh I don't really buy into the hate for remakes. You can get it right like IT (Chapter 1 anyway), Alright like Lion King or miss the mark like Ghost Busters. all options don't add or take away from the original.

Having said all that, you couldn't possibly play the film straight or Gritty so who could you cast? Not many actors couls pull off this kinda stuff these days

Greyfox

Face/off was absolutely riddiculous which is why it is was so much fun, Travolta and cage made it work

Tammy!

ligerdub wrote: »

Face/Off was (is) a genuine classic of the 90's. It's even better due to it being such an unlikely hit. Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are absolutely terrible actors and the plot is borderline lunacy.

Having said that both of them are great in this and they make it work.

Yes I don't think you can orchestrate that intentionally. No need for a remake imo.

rob316

Don't touch it the original is amazing as far as I'm concerned. You won't be able to beat a John Woo classic.
This, Broken Arrow and Hard Target are nonsense action movies I loved of the 90s.

JP Liz V1

Greyfox wrote: »

Face/off was absolutely riddiculous which is why it is was so much fun, Travolta and cage made it work

They both hammed it up, worked so well as adversaries like DeNiro and Pacino in Heat

rob316

Travolta stole the show as the insane baddie, just like in Broken Arrow. He should of done more of those action roles in his career.

B_ecke_r

Face Off
Con Air
Broken Arrow
The Rock
Executive Decision
Under Siege
Air Force One
Passenger 57

90s Nostalgia I loved them all as a kid and still do

very few remakes get it right so dunno about this one

rob316

Executive decision forgot all about, what a movie. Still absolutely amazed Segal allowed himself die so early in it.

They were just more gritty than what we have today, I think back to John McClane he is practically dead in the first one and then you watch a Jason Statham movie today he doesn't get hit once.

Bacchus

rob316 wrote: »

Executive decision forgot all about, what a movie. Still absolutely amazed Segal allowed himself die so early in it.

I doubt he made that call TBH, it was probably an....... executive decision.

B.A._Baracus

Face/off remake?
Fu*k/Off!

ammirite? :pac:





*grabs coat*

ziedth

B_ecke_r wrote: »

Face Off
Con Air
Broken Arrow
The Rock
Executive Decision
Under Siege
Air Force One
Passenger 57

90s Nostalgia I loved them all as a kid and still do

very few remakes get it right so dunno about this one

Every single one of them is excellent. Like I must watch them all right now. I'd say it was more like '01 but Mission Impossible 2 is right up there too. It's a real triumph that those films pulled it back into being very good and grounded somewhat in reality afterward.

B_ecke_r

B_ecke_r wrote: »

Face Off
Con Air
Broken Arrow
The Rock
Executive Decision
Under Siege
Air Force One
Passenger 57

90s Nostalgia I loved them all as a kid and still do

very few remakes get it right so dunno about this one

Hard Target and Universal Soldier comes to mind too

JP Liz V1

Oren Uziel is to write (22 Jump Street)

Watched SWAT recently and I could see Jeremy Renner and Colin Farrell as enemies facing off again

FunLover18

ziedth wrote: »

Every single one of them is excellent. Like I must watch them all right now. I'd say it was more like '01 but Mission Impossible 2 is right up there too. It's a real triumph that those films pulled it back into being very good and grounded somewhat in reality afterward.

Unfollows thread :pac:

tastyt

FunLover18 wrote: »

This really doesn't bother,l me, Face/Off is f*cking weird. Fun but everyone involved was clearly high. I saw someone on Twitter suggest Jamie Foxx and Will Smith which I think would work really well with Foxx in the Travolta role and Smith in the Cage role. I think it was test Smith's acting in was y he hasn't been tested before (or at least in a very long time).

This sounds truly horrendous

DavidLyons_

No need for a remake of this but if they really must, get Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix in. Directed by Gareth Evans.

rob316

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Oren Uziel is to write (22 Jump Street)

Watched SWAT recently and I could see Jeremy Renner and Colin Farrell as enemies facing off again

Jeremy Renner wouldn't be a bad shout, he was good in The Town as a baddie. It'll be impossible to recreate the chemistry between Cage and Travolta.

Stone Deaf 4evr

To this day, I have a friend, who I'll simply text the words 'dubov, out?' and its our go to signal for a session of beers.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Deleted User wrote: »

Hard Target and Universal Soldier comes to mind too

I remember really liking Ice T in 'surviving the game' as well. haven't seen it in years so theres a strong chance its awful.

Frank Bullitt

How can anyone not be entertained by Face/Off?

2 actors just giving it socks, slow-mo jumping, doves and birds flying around, boat chase...it's the perfect action movie.

Going to watch it tonight.

GottaGetGatt

I’m Castor Troy!, I’m Castor Troy!

Hobosan

Sorry to break up the 90's nostalgia, but lads, ye must watch McBain (1983) starring Christopher Walken.