In the future of the USA where apparently the right has triumphed among other things prisons are now in the hands of private corporations and abortion is illegal. But there are strict population controls and for those who have more than one child, that child in its infancy is turned over to the state for their use. What use they make of it too. The people who disobey that law, prison for a long time.
So it is with Christopher Lambert and Laura Lochlyn, husband and wife who violate that edict. Lambert and a pregnant Lochlyn are arrested and sentenced to The Fortress which is an underground prison in the desert of the southwest USA that is operated by a private company with robot and semi-robot guards and a director who is one the successful super race that they've created with second children. The director is played by Kurtwood Smith of That Seventies Show and he's one chilling menace. But even a chilling menace raised as a super human has needs.
So he decides he fancies Lochlyn and brings her into his quarters. Now imagine if you will Laurence Olivier who fancied Jean Simmons and brought her to his villa as Spartacus was dying on the cross. Kirk Douglas couldn't do much about his situation, but Lambert and his cell mates Clifton Collins, Jr., Tom Towles, Lincoln Kilpatrick who is a trustee and Jeffrey Combs do quite a lot about it. For that you have to see Fortress.
I think one of the most popular themes in science fiction and even film in general is when some super beings are done in by us ordinary humans when we get roused enough to do something. It's the secret of the appeal of Fortress and I think science fiction fans and others will enjoy it.
So it is with Christopher Lambert and Laura Lochlyn, husband and wife who violate that edict. Lambert and a pregnant Lochlyn are arrested and sentenced to The Fortress which is an underground prison in the desert of the southwest USA that is operated by a private company with robot and semi-robot guards and a director who is one the successful super race that they've created with second children. The director is played by Kurtwood Smith of That Seventies Show and he's one chilling menace. But even a chilling menace raised as a super human has needs.
So he decides he fancies Lochlyn and brings her into his quarters. Now imagine if you will Laurence Olivier who fancied Jean Simmons and brought her to his villa as Spartacus was dying on the cross. Kirk Douglas couldn't do much about his situation, but Lambert and his cell mates Clifton Collins, Jr., Tom Towles, Lincoln Kilpatrick who is a trustee and Jeffrey Combs do quite a lot about it. For that you have to see Fortress.
I think one of the most popular themes in science fiction and even film in general is when some super beings are done in by us ordinary humans when we get roused enough to do something. It's the secret of the appeal of Fortress and I think science fiction fans and others will enjoy it.