Fortress is a 1993 film directed by Stuart Gordon. The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character in the movie, John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen B. Brennick (Loryn Locklin) are sent to a maximum security prison because they are expecting a second child, which is against strict one child policies. // Biography Stuart Gordon (born August 11, 1947) in Chicago, Illinois) is a director, writer and producer of films. ... John Davis is the name of several persons: John Davis (1550?-1605), an English navigator and explorer. ... Christophe Lambert (born March 29, French actor. ... Smith portraying Red Forman on That 70s Show Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film character actor. ... Jeffrey Combs Jeffrey Alan Combs (born 9 September 1954 in Oxnard, California) is a character actor best known for his horror film roles and his appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek franchise. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture label currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... // Biography Stuart Gordon (born August 11, 1947) in Chicago, Illinois) is a director, writer and producer of films. ... A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... Christophe Lambert (born March 29, French actor. ...

Although set in the future and handling number of interesting dystopian SF subjects, such as subjecting thoughts to law and regulation, and companies running facilities such as prisons, the plot is basically a typical "big escape from prison" story.

Cast

• Christopher Lambert: John Henry Brennick
• Loryn Locklin: Karen B. Brennick
• Kurtwood Smith: Prison Director Poe
• Carolyn Purdy-Gordon: voice of Zed-10
• Lincoln Kilpatrick: Abraham
• Jeffrey Combs: D-Day, Computer Geek
• Tom Towles: Stiggs, Maddox's Buddy
• Vernon Wells: Maddox
• Clifton Collins Jr.: Nino Gomez

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Plot

Set in a dystopian future the year 2017, in the USA, John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen B. Brennick (Loryn Locklin) are expecting a second child. Strict one child policies forbid a second pregnancy, but the couple attempts it anyway because their first child unfortunately died at child-birth. They are caught and sent to a maximum security prison that is owned and run by a company, rather than the government, called the 'MenTel Corporation'. John Brennick has to deal with an unreasonable environment; he is not allowed to dream in his sleep, and is tortured by a sadistic Prison Director (Kurtwood Smith) , his unborn child is now officially owned by the MenTel Corporation. (the company seems to use these children to create cyborgs.) A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... Christophe Lambert (born March 29, French actor. ... Smith portraying Red Forman on That 70s Show Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film character actor. ...

Fortunately, Prison Director Poe has an eye on John Brennick's wife, Karen. John befriends a Computer Geek, D-Day (Jeffrey Combs) who find a way to remove the special "intestinator" chips that are implemented in each prisoner's intestines, and can cause great pain and even explode when set off by the security system. And he manages to convince his fellow prisoner Abraham (Lincoln Kilpatrick) that Poe will never allow his parole, and is only using it as a carrot on a stick. This opens an opportunity to escape. After uploading a virus on the AI computer warden Zed-10 (voice by Carolyn Purdy-Gordon) the group manages to escape. Jeffrey Combs Jeffrey Alan Combs (born 9 September 1954 in Oxnard, California) is a character actor best known for his horror film roles and his appearances playing a number of characters in the Star Trek franchise. ...

John Brennick and his wife flee to Mexico.

Trivia

The movie was shot in Australia.

See also

• Fortress 2

External links

• Fortress at the Internet Movie Database

• Fortress on The Filmasylum