Plot
In this follow-up to Fortress, Stuart Gordon's 1993 sci-fi adventure drama, John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen (Beth Toussaint) are once again on the run in a totalitarian regime of the future, where a multi-national corporation called Men-Tel has taken control of the world. While Karen eludes capture, John is arrested and sentenced to a penal colony in space. 26,000 miles from home, he must perform hard, dangerous labor in a punishing environment alongside some of the most fearsome criminals in the galaxy. Monitored by an elaborate computer system, his body implanted with a security camera that allows his jailers to see where he is at all times, John would seem unable to escape -- but that would underestimate his ingenuity, or his desire to be with Karen again. Fortress 2: Re-Entry also stars Pam Grier and Patrick Malahide; former Tangerine Dream member Christopher Franke composed the musical score.
MPAA Rating:
for violence, language and nudity.
Genre(s):
Science Fiction
DVD Release Date:
04/25/2000
Distributor(s):
Columbia TriStar
Themes:
Future Dystopias,Escape From Prison
Tone:
Forceful,Stylized,Tense
Keywords:
criminal,escape,ingenuity,labor [work],penal-colony,regime,totalitarianism