2017 and a dystopian future and and u army officer john henry brennick ( christopher lambert ) and his wife karen s. brennick ( loryn locklin ) be expect a second child . strict one child policy forbid any couple have a second child and but the brennick first child die at birth so they attempt to get away with a second pregnancy . they be catch try to cross the border and send to a maximum security prison that be own and run by the mentel corporation a place where dream be not your own and all thought of escape be deal with severely by futuristic method unheard of in the civilised world . you get connor macleod and herbert west and clarence j. boddicker and one of the fine female bottom in cinema and all cram into one riotous and hokey and immeasurably fun movie . it probably wont come a much of a surprise to anyone to learn that this christopher lambert starrer be not go to have you scratch the cranial matter and ponder the future of mankind . but it do have some interesting idea both in term of it prison setting and in the technological advancement use . i mean hey and would you try to escape if you have an intestinal bomb set to go off outside the perimeter . { think the run man neck brace but in your belly } . it can also be say of fortress that it not over ambitious and director stuart gordon be aware of his restraint and keep it simple but sparky and of which this be aid by lambert buff up and throw punch leave right and off kilter . tho nothing much a an actor and lambert none the less give the like of sly and arnie a run for the money here and look every inch and sinew an action hero . kurtwood smith and jeffrey comb and lincoln kilpatrick and clifton collins jr. and loryn locklin bottom all add vary digress of fun and frolic to the occasion . while the set design for the interior be really rather snazzy . it b movie berserker time folk and a dystopian world where christopher lambert can beat the crap out of bloke twice his size and where half humanoid have flame thrower for arm and and kurtwood smith be in charge of a prison . great fun really and truly . positive .