Review of Fortress (1992) by Svine H — 08 Jul 2007

Disturbing little christian fantasy distopia where prison rape is encouraged and dreams are monitored for benign sexual thoughts and abortion is mandatory.

This review of Fortress (1992) was written by Svine H on 08 Jul 2007.

Fortress has generally received mixed reviews.

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Okay. I own this one. Entertaining? Yes. Quality movie? No. It looks like they really ran out of money right at the end…

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By Liu M (4) on 25 May 2011

Bit dated now and so many films of the same like but still a great cast and a fun film. Some good action and script - Gordon films it well…

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Good action sci-fi thriller--still holds up…

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Underrated action classic with lord raiden himself! Some great prison escape action with a slight feel of total recall about it…

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