Fortress 2 (2000)

7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.

Director:

Geoff Murphy

Writers:

Steven Feinberg (characters), Troy Neighbors (characters)

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, Beth Toussaint, Willie Garson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lambert	...	John Henry Brennick
Aidan Ostrogovich	...	Danny Brennick
David Roberson	...	Nestor Tubman
Liz May Brice	...	Elena Rivera
Beth Toussaint	...	Karen Brennick
Willie Garson	...	Stanley Nussbaum
Paul de Bourcy	...	Eagle Two
Bruce MacEwen	...	Mercenary Leader (as Bruce McEwen)
Stephen Shivers	...	Mercenary
Marius Speller	...	Eagle One
Mereta Mita	...	ZED (voice)
Patrick Malahide	...	Peter Teller
Thea Slikboer	...	Sally Ho
Carl Chase	...	Wells
Yuji Okumoto	...	Sato

Storyline

7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run from the Men-tel corporation. A group of rebels attempt to gain his support but he refuses, wanting to focus on his family. A raid follows and Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not a man to give in easily, and with a 10 year old son waiting for him back on earth, he's going to pack some serious assault on the evil corporation...

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Plot Keywords:

punishment | dome | rebel | outer space | prison | 

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Taglines:

Locked in a prison orbiting 26,000 miles above earth. Escape was never thought possible...until now.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and nudity

Details

Country:

Luxembourg USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 2000 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Fortress 2: Re-Entry

Filming Locations:

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gower Productions, John Flock Productions, The Carousel Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Geoff Murphy wanted to make "Fortress 2" an exciting space saga.

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Goofs

Christopher Lambert's character is billed as John Henry Brennick, however during the scene where ZED is processing Brennick into the fortress, he is referred to as "Brennick, John W.".

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Quotes

Marcus: Girl, you better recognize my skills. I could build a radio station out of a milk carton and two condom wrappers.

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Connections

References Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

User Reviews

Everything you could want and more in a Lambert movie sequel.

Well, lets be honest here, the first Fortress movie was nothing too special even though it was directed by Stuart Gordon and featured some excellent cheese filled moments. You may think that the craptacular enjoyment provided by the first movie would translate over to the lower budgeted, even more b sequel.

Sadly I was totally wrong with this assumption.

Things just happen in this movie... There's really no effort by the script or director to give us any characterization. We're stuck with " Brennick is in prison, now he must bust out " as soon as the movie starts.

There's plot holes galore, stupid scenes, and some terrible special FX.

Lambert must have been really hungry for the fifty or so grand he was paid to do this train wreck.

I'm a fan of cheeseball, low budget films... But they have to at least be entertaining in some form or another to be enjoyable to me. There are a few moments like that found in this film, but unless you want to see how NOT to make a movie, don't bother with this one.

1 out of 5.