Fortress Movie Review 1993

How come the future is never a place you'd want to be? Thanks to overpopulation a woman is only allowed one pregnancy. When John and Karen Brennick are caught trying to have a second child they are shipped to the Fortress, an underground prison in the middle of the desert. Discipline is enforced with numerous sadistic toys, including the intestinator, so-called because it's implanted in the stomach of each prisoner and infractions result in excruciating laser-activated pain. Lambert does well with his action hero but it's character actor Smith as the warden, a techno-human with some sick fantasies, who has the real fun in this horrific depiction of the future.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Great Escapes, Men in Prison, Deadly Implants

Screenplay

Steve Feinberg, Troy Neighbors, Terry Curtis Fox

Cast

Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Cinematography

David Eggby

Director

Stuart Gordon

Producer

John Davis, John Flock, Dimension