Fortress (1993)

Product Details: Fortress (1993)

Edition:

DVD . See other editions

MPAA Rating:

R

Release Date:

08/05/2008 (PREORDER)

UPC:

012236100102

Directed by:

Stuart Gordon

Featuring:

Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin. See all cast

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Synopsis: Fortress (1993)

Synopis: Director Stuart Gordon's contribution to the I've-seen-the-future-and-it-sucks genre, FORTRESS is a creative and rousing sci-fi adventure. It's 2018, and America is facing a terrible overpopulation crisis. To solve the problem, a strict limit has been set on the number of children a family can have: one. When John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Loryn Locklin), lose their infant son, they try to have another illegally. However, they're caught and sent off to the Fortress, a supermaximum security prison from which escape is impossible. Despite the robot guards, the laser beams, the mindscanners, and the death devices planted in all inmates' stomachs, Brennick plans an escape with his wife anyway. Lambert is excellent as Brennick, the only reasonable man in an unreasonable world. Locklin is good as Karen, his wife and equal in strength of mind and will. Kurtwood Smith is gleefully evil as the sadistic prison director who is as emotionless as the machines that control him. Gordon imparts his graphic and detailed visual style to the film, as well as his usual strengths of strong character development and solid storytelling. FORTRESS is a great sci-fi escape movie that recalls THE RUNNING MAN and other prison-break films.

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Features: Fortress (1993)

Features: DVD Features:


Keep Case
Full Frame
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

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User Reviews: Fortress

1. Another good Lambert movie!!

   , June 28, 2002
   Reviewer: sting_ray6 - See all sting_ray6's reviews

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   A man and his wife breaks the law forbiding concieving a baby, this was during a futurist time where the world was overpopulated, and sent a futurist prison that is unescapeable. Only this man will the help of his wife. Good special effects and good acting. The sequel was not as good as the first.

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2. Great sci-fi flick

   , November 18, 1999
   Reviewer: busybee_92651 - See all busybee_92651's reviews

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   Lambert does a great job at playing the done-wrong, trodden-down survivor and he does it again in Fortress. The only thing that might have made it better would have been to shorten the end. It's just a bit anti-climactic after all that he endures through the duration of the film. Nevertheless, it's definitely a flick to enjoy. ...

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