Fortress
In the year 2017, one corporation is building a fortress for the ultimate takeover... your mind.
1992 · 1h 35m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
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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.
Director and cast
- Stuart Gordon Director
- Christopher Lambert as John Henry Brennick
- Kurtwood Smith as Prison Director Poe
- Loryn Locklin as Karen B. Brennick
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Nino Gomez
- Jeffrey Combs as D-Day, the Computer Geek
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Abraham
- Tom Towles as Stiggs
- Vernon Wells as Maddox
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon Cast
- Alan Zitner Cast
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