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Fortress 2: Re-entry

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

When I saw Fortress I was very impressed by it. Fortress was a very interesting story that showed us how several people escaped out of high-tech prison that even controled prisoners thoughts. Fortress 2: Re-Entry unlike the original has an atmosphere of a B-type sci-fi movie. In fact, fortress (or what supposed to be a high-tech prison) in this sequel had an atmosphere of some group home for mentally retarded. As for me it did not look like a high-tech prison at all.

There were many other things in the movie that made it totally unrealistic and unbelivable. For example a part when our main hero (played by Lambert) takes a deep breath and jumps in to the space to get from one part of the satellite to the other. That is nonsense, you cannot be in the outer space without a protective costume. (Can't they talk to someone who knows little about science) When I reached that particular part of the movie I lost all of the remaining respect that I had for it completely. This is nothing more than a cheap, boring, poorly thought out, sequel to a good movie.

Although I really enjoyed the original movie, "Fortress 2: Re-entry" is disappointing in comparison. The film offers a promising storyline: John and Karen Brennick are shown 10 years later with their son, hiding from the MenTel Corporation. John is eventually captured and sent to a prison space station to serve his sentence for having another child, while Karen and her son are still being pursued by MenTel. Again, John is driven to escape from this dismal prison. The magic that made the first "Fortress" work is not present in this film. The special effects are of poor quality, and the actors' performances are not very good. This movie may be worth renting just to see what happens to the characters from the first film.

Ten year after the events of the Fortresss, Lambert is back in this mediocre sequel to a classic. Christopher Lambert returns as Braddock, the father who had one to many kids. It takes place ten years later, the kid is healthy and the family are continuously on the run from Mentel. Eventualy Lambert gets caught and is put in the new Fortress, a space prison that is in space (that will hold them). With some scenes of violence, nudity, and language this is your typical Sci-Fi borefest.

So if the movie is so bad why give it 3 stars? The acting was fairly decent and I liked the setting. Also the story was pretty good, it's just that the acting needed some seriouse work, and laser effects looked like they were done in the late 70's early 80's, not 1998.

It's recommended that you check into this so you can see the conclusion of the story. However it's not entirly neccessary because you can easily just be happy with how the first one ended.

This is one of those sci-fi sequel films where the concept was great along with some of the actors, yet leaves you with a bland feeling. The special effects and futuristic weaponry, gadgets and contraptions (brain pain/optic security camera implanted in the prisoners' bodies)are some of the better ones around for a sci-fi b-movie like this. As for Lambert, he's one of those actors where he's always teetering between mediocre acting ability and bonafide dramatic acting ability. It is a sequel where Lambert's character and family are runaway fugitives from a ruthless robotic prison system which he and several others destroyed in the last film.The underlying sub-plot for the sequel stems from the original where families are only allowed by law to have one child due to the devastating population growth.The main characters first child was a still born; they proceed to "illegally" procreate for another one and try to cross the Mexican border to guarantee that the child is born free and safe. The bit of tongue-and-cheek irony here is that in the future Americans are trying to escape the U.S. and cross the line into Mexico to get away from the oppression and police . Lambert's character and wife get caught by the police at the U.S./Mexican border and the rest is history seen in Fortress One. As for Re-Entry, if I explain the plot all will be given away;can't do that. It is a dvd worthy of a weekend rental when you're bored. Otherwise, Bladerunner or StarWars it is not...Viewers who have seen Fortress One take note of Fortress Two; the actress who plays Lambert's wife in Re-Entry somehow became more voluptuous and sexier (despite the fact she's been a fugitve on the run for ten years). Hmmm...

All the same,this sequel to one of the greatest Sci-Fi/Action hits of the '90's is a big let-down.It looks almost like in a cheap video film the way it is shot,the budget restraints more noticeable than originally anticipated.The whole thing is acted rather blankly by all those involved too,giving expressionless performances,with the exception perhaps of Lambert and Patrick Malahide,giving a gleefully sly,condescending performance as the evil prison warden.But perhaps the worst thing about it is the dialogue.Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery and all,but there was hardly a word spoken in this that wasn't borrowed from some other flick,like ''perhaps instead of working against each other,we should work with each other'' and ''I never wanted it to end like this''.This is best admired on the levels of a respectful interpretation of modern action films,rather than anything like or resembling the previous film.

Christopher Lambert has to be the only actor on Earth capable of escaping the first Fortress only to end up in another one. With the straight-to-video Fortress 2: Re-entry we are provided with the worst sequel since Batman and Robin, or probably even since Highlander II: The Quickening (the latter also starred Lambert).

After a somewhat watchable start, this movie reaches levels of stupidity that I have rarely witnessed in a motion picture. Clichés all over the picture, hilariously bad acting, a script that looks like it was written by a 3-year old, zero-dimensional characters make this one of the most unbelievably bad pictures I've ever seen. "Highlights" include a wannabe-sad moment about the death of a cockroach (complete with sappy music!), a laughable plot twist about the internal surveillance cameras, and such a messy final escape you literally have trouble figuring out what the hell is going on.

Flee, flee far away from this Fortress!

The first Fortress is quite good. It was directed by Stuart Gordon (of Re-animator). The sequel Fortress II Re-entry is directed by Geoff Murphy (who directed two very good sequels: Young Guns 2 and Under Siege 2) so I say to myself, it can't be that bad. Well, I was wrong. This is an awful movie. The action scenes are not realistic and plain boring. The plot, what plot? Not worth mentioning. It is a complete waste of time. Luckily, The DVD picture quality is good and the dolby 5.1 is not bad as well. But again not worth getting it not even a rental. Skip this turkey.

Hey guys, are you serious? I understand it's a B-class movie (that's why I don't expect Oscar-worth performance), but I can't imagine what financial difficulties made C Lambert to appear in this laughable piece of garbage (the first Fortress was OK, I remember I saw it ca. 5 years ago). The actors are not acting, but fooling around, both bad and good characters are so poorly drawn that you don't care at all whether they live or die, the plot is.... nonsense (it's the mildest word).

In short, if you had patience to sit through this movie on your coach, it's because you watched it on fast forward...Actually I'd beg you NOT TO BUY this "movie" to somehow discourage actors and producers to participate in such rubbish.

I wonder if the producers knew how horrible this movie was before they foisted it on the public? Others have gone into the details about why it's so bad. Suffice it to say that had Michael Corleone flown through space with no protective gear and had no ill effects from it, the Godfather would've received 1 star. So this film, in combination with all its other horrible elements, deserves negative stars. Ugh - what a waste of time.

this is a great sequel to th first film lambert does a great job returning to his role it rally needs a bluray release