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Actors: Christopher Lambert
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fortress |
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FORTRESS is a movie directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) in 1993.
John Brennick and his wife Karen are arrested while crossing the U.S. frontier. The government allows only one child per family and Karen is pregnant for the second time. They are locked in an underground prison called the Fortress, lost in the middle of the desert.
All the prisoners are implanted with a chip that causes pain in case of violation of the prison regulations. If a prisoner dares to cross the red lines which mark out in squares the prison, the microchip will explode in his entrails. Furthermore, the main computer named Zed observes the slightest movements or dreams of the prisoners and reports them to the director Poe who decides which punishment to inflict to the culprit.
Brennick, in the company of his cell companions, will nevertheless find a way to take the dangerous chip out of his body and escape. But the way to the exit door is long and filled with danger.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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In a fascist United States, a former soldier and his wife are arrested for having a second baby (illegal due to overpopulation) when their first is stillborn. They are put in the Fortress, a maximum security prison run by a computer and a mysterious warden. He manages to survive amid the endlessly brutal captors and other prisoners, then hatches a complicated plot with his fellow prisoners to free his wife and escape.
--Rob, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fortress |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Repressive Society
Yes
Repression:
- locks you away
- controls your mind
- controls your sex
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
- military officer, senior
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- average build (man)
- very skinny (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- robot, male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- bulging muscles
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
- Over controlled society
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- society controls main character's sexuality
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- nasty human transformations
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