Fortress is a 1992 science fiction action film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Bros. Movie World in Queensland, Australia. The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character, John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen B. Brennick (Loryn Locklin) are sent to a maximum security prison because she is pregnant with a second child, which is against a strict one-child policy.
The film was a financial success, but critical reviews were mixed.
A sequel, Fortress 2: Re-Entry, was released in 2000, with Lambert reprising his role.
Cast[]
- Christopher Lambert as John Henry Brennick, the main protagonist and former captain in the black berets
- Loryn Locklin as Karen B. Brennick, John's wife
- Annika Thomas as Brennick Baby
- Kurtwood Smith as Prison Director Poe
- Clifton Collins, Jr. (credited as Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez) as Nino Gomez, John's young cellmate
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Voice of Zed-10, the computer system that oversees the prison
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Abraham, a prison trusty
- Jeffrey Combs as "D-Day", a computer geek
- Vernon Wells as Maddox, the prison bully
- Tom Towles as Stiggs, Maddox's buddy
- Warwick Capper as Braindead Prisoner, a prisoner who was mind-wiped (cameo) (uncredited)
- John Pierce as Moustached Prisoner (uncredited)