Review of Fortress (1992) by Adam M — 19 Mar 2011

Gordon wanted to do this back in the day with Schwarzenegger. If the script was the same back then, I have no idea why. There are a couple interesting technological ideas in this vision of a dystopia that are not developed anywhere, and left badly portrayed with poor effects -- a lot more stuff looks like clunky plastic than usual.

I can't stand Lambert in English. I haven't seen him in a Francophone movie yet. His performance seems to sum up Gordon and his colleagues' throwing in the towel for camp and stupid fun, and they didn't even get that. The best shots tilt up and down the vertical space that is the center axis of the underground prison, lined with elevators and ventilation fans -- a very good model that doesn't look like one.