fortress be a very underrated sic fi or action movie make in the early ninety by stuart gordon ( the maker of re animator or from beyond or dagon ) . the story be your standard prison movie formula and only it set in the future . the best thing about this film be the suspense of the action sequence . there be several scene in the movie that literally have me talk to the tv . nice performance by jeffery comb ( a a very amusing computer geek type ) and christopher lambert be a big plus . kurtwood smith be also great a the prison director . at the time it be release i be impressed with this film and over time my affection for it have grow ( it continue to entertain even after see it several time ) . the main flaw would be the predictability of the plot and some cliché character and but it all handle so well that it doesn not really hurt the movie . it a good popcorn action movie and and one of my favorite stuart gordon film . in my opinion and this be probably gordons second best film and after re animator .