4.6 Score

1992 • 1h 35min • R • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Fortress

"In the year 2017, one corporation is building a fortress for the ultimate takeover... your mind."

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.

IMDb 5.9

RT 38%

MC 48

Director

Stuart Gordon

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Troy Neighbors

David Venable

Steven Feinberg

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Christopher Lambert

John Henry Brennick

Kurtwood Smith

Prison Director Poe

Loryn Locklin

Karen B. Brennick

Clifton Collins Jr.

Niño Gomez

Jeffrey Combs

D-Day

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Abraham

Tom Towles

Stiggs

Vernon Wells

Maddox

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Lincoln Kilpatrick Abraham

Tom Towles Stiggs

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