12 Sci-Fi Movies That Got The Future SCARILY Right

10. Face/Off - Face Transplants Are A Thing Now

Face-Off Travolta Cage
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John Woo's action classic isn't exactly held in high regard as a benchmark for scientific realism, but we now live in a world where face transplants are no longer the stuff of fiction, although it seems unlikely any of the procedures will end up with two guys shooting at each other in slow motion while doves fly around in the background.

Thirteen years after Nicolas Cage and John Travolta swapped visages and embarked on an epic battle to see who could chew the most scenery, the world's first partial face transplant took place in France in 2005, before a team of 30 Spanish doctors and surgeons carried out the first full operation in 2010.

Since then, the procedure is reported to have happened around a further 40 times, so by the time the recently-announced reboot gets around to becoming a reality, the latest version of Face/Off is already guaranteed to be a lot more realistic than its predecessor.

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