: To stop a ticking time bomb, FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) undergoes a experimental surgery to take the face of his arch-nemesis, Castor Troy (Cage). Things take a deadly turn when Troy wakes up from a coma and demands the same surgery to steal Archer's face, identity, and family.
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The film's most famous element is its implausible but thrilling premise: FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) and terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) literally swap faces. This allows both actors to play "the other person" for most of the movie: The New York Times Nicolas Cage : To stop a ticking time bomb, FBI
A radical surgical procedure lets Archer physically become Castor Troy. But then Troy wakes up from his coma, forces the doctors to give him Archer’s face, and proceeds to destroy Archer’s life from the inside. This allows both actors to play "the other