a i child and my parent let me watch all sort of violent movie and i really can not thank them enough for it . i will name a few that stay in the memory to this day represent speed and hard boil and under siege 1 and 2 and terminator 2 and highland and braveheart and this movie and fortress . fortress star christopher lambert in his best role ( yes and even good than highlander ) . in the future you can not have more than one child or something like that and he and his wife be send to a new super prison where escape be impossible and or so it seem . i have a problem with the tagline the only thing it couldn not hold be an innocent man . lambert be not innocent . his wife be pregnant again and no matter how stupid the law be and he break it . so i suppose the only thing it can not hold be a group of guy who plot to escape use the explosive stomach bomb that be plant in them on arrival . yes and you hear correctly and stomach bomb . if you go out side the perimeter . boom . kurtwood smith make a great turn a the head of the prison and and a the pawn of the complex computer system that run the fortress . i love this movie a a kid and and i watch it recently . guess what . i still love it . it get character to make up for it clichés and a whole bunch of originality to make up for lambert french canadian lambert accent . his acting be what i call lambertesque . the non stop action make this movie a great watch for any 1 ) man 2 ) fan of 80s/90s action 3 ) lambert fan 4 ) anyone open mindedi highly recommend it .