well and it may not be everyone cup of tea and it certainly have it flaw but for me at least and fortress be one of the most fun b movie release in the ninety and and that no surprise consider it helm by the great stuart gordon . one of the main reason why fortress work so well be because it put it focus in one place and every imaginative element of the film go towards further the central plot . the title refers to the impregnable privately own prison of the title . we be introduce to this penitentiary and it various pitfall right from the start and while it not hard to see where the film be go to go and it do at least make you wonder how it go to get there . the central character be john and karen brennick a couple sent to the fortress after she become pregnant with a second child and thus break a futuristic population control law . however and john isn not happy to just rot away in jail and and despite the numerous pitfall that make the fortress escape proof along with his fellow prisoner and he plot to escape with his wife . the basis of fortress be your classic prison escape movie and the only difference be the prison at the centre of the tale . the fortress itself be certainly make good use of a the inventive method in place to stop the prisoner escape be constantly keep at the forefront of the audience mind . the film really be never bore for a minute while if there isn not something directly go on in the movie then gordon be use the time to build up the situation that the prisoner find themselves in . the film feature a good b movie cast and with highlander christopher lambert take the lead role . lambert be hardly a great actor and but he at least look the part and his athleticism serve him well . loryn locklin isn not give much to do a the lead lady and but the rest of the support cast include the like of lincoln kilpatrick and vernon well ( who and coincidently and be also in the 1986 australian movie of the same title . ) and jeffrey comb and who be just great a always . kurtwood smith be probably the big standout and however and a the maniacal head of the fortress . this film really feature everything you could ever want from a b movie constant action and imagination and some hilarious performance . it all boil down to a suitably over the top climax and while this might not be the best film ever make it one hell of a lot of fun and i certainly recommend it .