Contracara

Los Angeles, summer dusk, a helicopter thunders overhead. A prison transfer goes wrong, an FBI agent and a terrorist swap faces, their lives now a maze of assumed identities. John Woo's symphony of bullets and betrayal unfolds.

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John Woo directed Contracara in 1997. See John Woo's full filmography, where to start with John Woo, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Woo.

Contracara was released in 1997 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 139 minutes.