Who directed the 1997 action thriller "Face/Off"?

John Woo directed the 1997 action thriller "Face/Off". The film stars John Travolta as FBI agent Sean Archer and Nicolas Cage as terrorist Castor Troy, whose faces and identities are surgically switched after Archer is injured while pursuing Troy.

The movie was written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary and became one of Woo's major Hollywood successes. It combines his trademark stylized gunfights, slow-motion action, doves, and balletic choreography with a high-concept science-fiction premise. The cast's deliberately exaggerated performances help sell the story's identity-swapping central gimmick.

A common mix-up is confusing Woo with the film's stars, especially because Travolta and Cage dominate the screen and effectively play each other's characters for much of the story. Woo had already built a reputation in Hong Kong cinema before making Hollywood films such as Hard Target and Broken Arrow. Face/Off was released in June 1997 and earned strong worldwide box-office results.