Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: FortressStuart Gordon Retrospective, Part One

FORTRESS
USA | 1993 | 35mm | 91 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith
In a dystopian 2017, the U.S. government has limited families to one child per female. Arrested after daring to conceive a second time, Brennick (Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Locklin), are imprisoned in a high-tech maximum security prison run by a sadistic and cybernetically “enhanced” Warden (Smith). Now, the couple must attempt an escape before his wife gives birth.