Fortress
Dec 18 1992
•2h 35m
•Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.
Cast
See allChristopher Lambert
John Henry Brennick
Kurtwood Smith
Prison Director Poe
Loryn Locklin
Karen B. Brennick
Clifton Collins Jr.
Nino Gomez
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