Fortress (1992) DVD Reviews

Starring	Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Director	Stuart Gordon
Genres	Action/Adventure

Critics' reviews (2) of Fortress
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An entertaining science-fiction thriller, with Christopher Lambert sent to a maximum security prison for conceiving a second child — a crime in director Stuart Gordon's imaginatively rendered totalitarian future. There he suffers hi-tech torture and intense corruption while planning a daring break out. Violent, inventive (watch out for the Intestinator and the Mind Wipe Chamber!) and lots of intriguing fun, Re-Animator man Gordon makes this fantasy Great Escape meets Prisoner Cell Block H a suspenseful roller-coaster ride, despite its pulp limitations. You can't fail to be swept away by its excess verve as the action gets continuously cranked up to ever more fast and furious levels.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Stuart Gordon calls this prison movie 'a sort of science-fiction version of The Great Escape'. Regrettably, Lambert,... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Fortress
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

TOP MOVIE !!!

Director Stuart Gordon's contribution to the I've-seen-the-future-and-it-sucks genre, FORTRESS is a creative and rousing sci-fi adventure. It's 2018... more

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- - A customer from GLASGOW
  - Posted 16 Jul 2005 01:05
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Random Intestination to everyone!

Remarkable, a mould breaking movie with the the genious that is Christopher Lambert at the helm! Great plot, good special effects (for the period)! A must see... more

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- - Lord C.J. Doherty of Loch Borralan from Dundee
  - Posted 18 Mar 2005 20:35
excellent film

watchable time and time again. a must see film,

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- - A customer from leeds england
  - Posted 02 Sep 2004 11:19
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Fortress
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excellent film

watchable time and time again. a must see film,

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- - A customer from leeds england
  - Posted 02 Sep 2004 11:19
brill

this is one of the best films of its time still good these days i have brought this from ebay after renting it its that good

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- - A customer from Littlehampton
  - Posted 13 Dec 2008 17:02

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

TOP MOVIE !!!

Director Stuart Gordon's contribution to the I've-seen-the-future-and-it-sucks genre, FORTRESS is a creative and rousing sci-fi adventure. It's 2018... more

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- - A customer from GLASGOW
  - Posted 16 Jul 2005 01:05
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Random Intestination to everyone!

Remarkable, a mould breaking movie with the the genious that is Christopher Lambert at the helm! Great plot, good special effects (for the period)! A must see... more

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- - Lord C.J. Doherty of Loch Borralan from Dundee
  - Posted 18 Mar 2005 20:35
excellent film

watchable time and time again. a must see film,

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- - A customer from leeds england
  - Posted 02 Sep 2004 11:19
fotress

This was a great action film. Full of suspence. Overall great

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- - A customer from Essex
  - Posted 21 Jun 2005 21:09
Fortress.

I actually bought this dvd, not sure why??? Pretty average, low budget sci-fi horror. It was relatively entertaining. To give credit where credit is due, there... more

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- - Cornetto from Lancaster
  - Posted 26 Apr 2007 21:02
Better than I expected

I'm all for cheesy sci-fi movies with pretty bad acting and so I was surprised when I was given more than I bargained for with Fortress. Sure, it's ... more

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- - CatherineB from Southsea
  - Posted 18 Nov 2007 17:01
ALRIGHT BLOOD AND GORE

THIS FILM WAS BLOOD AND GORE WHJICH I LIKE THE STORYLINE WAS OKAY BUT I DID NOT FIND IT RIVETING AT SOME TIMES I DID NOT FIND IT MADE MUCH SENSE

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- - jade from London
  - Posted 17 Apr 2008 08:44
brill

this is one of the best films of its time still good these days i have brought this from ebay after renting it its that good

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- - A customer from Littlehampton
  - Posted 13 Dec 2008 17:02
Gets better as it goes on

Slow start, you don't feel anything for the characters in the film until much later on. It is a film that grows the further you watch. With a couple of ... more

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- - A customer from Wantage
  - Posted 10 Feb 2009 10:36
AWFUL!!

I switched the film off when I heard this line:-

'Those numbers on his head, you know what they mean?'

'Well, it's not his... more

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- - nickyfish from Wythenshawe
  - Posted 26 Mar 2009 14:37

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Critics' reviews (2)
An entertaining science-fiction thriller, with Christopher Lambert sent to a maximum security prison for conceiving a second child — a crime in director Stuart Gordon's imaginatively rendered totalitarian future. There he suffers hi-tech torture and intense corruption while planning a daring break out. Violent, inventive (watch out for the Intestinator and the Mind Wipe Chamber!) and lots of intriguing fun, Re-Animator man Gordon makes this fantasy Great Escape meets Prisoner Cell Block H a suspenseful roller-coaster ride, despite its pulp limitations. You can't fail to be swept away by its excess verve as the action gets continuously cranked up to ever more fast and furious levels.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Stuart Gordon calls this prison movie 'a sort of science-fiction version of The Great Escape'. Regrettably, Lambert,... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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