10 Nicolas Cage Films That Know Exactly What They Are

A film revolving entirely around the premise of John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swapping faces in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Face/Off has Nic Cage at his action blockbuster best. Playing Troy, an insane terrorist who is intent on bombing LA into the ground, it isn't long until he has stolen FBI agent Sean Archer's face and is doing his best to enact a series of murderous events simply for the heck of it. Classic Nic.

Face/Off is a special kind of film, as it sees each actor doing their best impression of each other in a bid to come out on top. Being a film of essentially two Nicolas Cages in that respect, the 90s gem holds nothing back in terms of plot, characterisation, or insane action sequences, and has become a cult classic for all these qualities and more. The more being some seriously meme-able faces and a sequence involving Cage as a head banging priest. But you all knew that.

At his most unhinged, director John Woo clearly knew what he was aiming for in casting Cage in his film, and then went that one step further to make John Travolta do the same. God bless that man and his complete lack of cinematic restraint.