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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]
** Averted in some cases as both Caster and Archer are seen frequently reloading during shoot outs and at one point they both rely on knowing how many bullets the other has in their magazine, this possibly being a shout out to another [[Dirty Harry|famous cop action flick]].
* [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Knife]] - Castor as Archer gives Archer's daughter a [[Butterfly Knife
* [[Cool Guns]] - Castor Troy's pair of custom gold titanium nitride plated Springfield Armory M1911-A1 pistols.
* [[Date Rape Averted]]
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** Two cast members of [[The Wire]]. Frank Sobotka is Dubov, and Bunny Colvin is Tito.
** [[The Shield|Det. Wymns]] is another of Archer's partners.
** [[The Bourne Series (
** Max Bemis of [[Say Anything]] appears briefly as a choir boy... he looks about eight though, so it's hard to catch.
** The fact that they had access to this technology makes a lot more sense when you realize the doctor behind the procedure [[Justice League Unlimited|was the woman in charge of Cadmus]].
* [[High Concept]] - The FBI's Top Agent, played by John Travolta, and America's Most Dangerous Terrorist, played by Nicolas Cage, have to impersonate each other while desperately racing to try and cause/prevent acts of terrorism, each being hounded within an inch of their lives by their own allies along the way.
* [[Hoist
* [[Husky Russkie]]: Dubov.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: "You watch Your fuckin' mouth".
* [[Large Ham]] - Cage and Travolta spend the movie trying to [[Ham to Ham Combat|top each other]]. Both succeed.
** It has to be said... the quality of Cage as Troy trumps the quantity of Travolta as Troy. YMMV, both actors play good guys more often than not. This was Travolta's second major film as a villain (the first being the less successful ''[[Broken Arrow (1996
* [[Leitmotif]] - Sean's whole family has one.
* [[Lemon Wacky Hello]]: Sean's not used to these drugs...
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* [[Tear Off Your Face]]: The hero and the villain, for contrived reasons, end up surgically switching faces (and taking each other's places). At one point prior to the villain's surgery, he is shown walking around without a face (just barely; it's limited to a couple of seconds of his face reflected in someone's sunglasses).
* [[Title Drop]]: "Face off" is uttered several times in the movie.
* [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: Mythological names. Mirrors. Faces. Hmm...
** As a by-product of the mythological symbolism, we have possible ''astrological'' symbolism, what with Sagittarius (the ''Archer'') facing off against its opposite sign, Gemini (Castor & Pollux--the ''twins'').
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