Face/Off Remake

Mr E · 10-09-2019 8:11am #1

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 · 10-09-2019 11:02am

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

Bacchus · 10-09-2019 11:59am

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 · 10-09-2019 12:03pm

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 · 10-09-2019 12:05pm

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 · 10-09-2019 12:07pm

How do you recast this

brevity · 10-09-2019 12:13pm

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

loyatemu · 10-09-2019 12:15pm

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

Dades · 10-09-2019 12:27pm

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.

10-09-2019 12:32pm

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.

10-09-2019 1:53pm

I loved it as a 10 year old

loyatemu · 10-09-2019 3:01pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:07pm

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

banie01 · 10-09-2019 3:12pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:16pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:28pm

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.

10-09-2019 3:45pm

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

10-09-2019 3:46pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:52pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:55pm

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 · 10-09-2019 3:58pm

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 · 10-09-2019 4:10pm

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 · 10-09-2019 4:10pm

TinCool wrote: »

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

you abject bastard

El Duda · 10-09-2019 4:11pm

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 · 10-09-2019 4:26pm

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 · 10-09-2019 5:02pm

Helen Mirren & Judi Dench Face Off.

Meryl Streep & Glenn Close Face Off.

Angelina Jolie & Jennifer Aniston Face Off.

Wheety · 10-09-2019 5:06pm

TinCool wrote: »

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

CastorTroy · 10-09-2019 6:01pm

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 · 10-09-2019 6:11pm

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 · 11-09-2019 11:58am

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 · 11-09-2019 3:26pm

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

Face/Off Remake

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