Movie
Fortress
Overview
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-12-18
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Village Roadshow Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Fortress Films, Dimension Films
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as John Henry Brennick
- Kurtwood Smith as Prison Director Poe
- Loryn Locklin as Karen B. Brennick
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Niño Gomez
- Jeffrey Combs as D-Day
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Abraham
- Tom Towles as Stiggs
- Vernon Wells as Maddox
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Zed-10
- Alan Zitner as Claustrophobic Prisoner
- Deni Gordon as Karen's Cellmate
- Eric Briant Wells as Border Guard
Crew
- Stuart Gordon - Director
- Troy Neighbors - Screenplay
- David Venable - Screenplay
- Steven Feinberg - Screenplay
- Terry Curtis Fox - Screenplay
- Steven Feinberg - Story
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