Fortress story

movie: Fortress (1992) · 1992-12-18

The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character in the movie and his wife are sent to a maximum security prison because they are expecting a second child, which is against strict one-child policies.

21 total · 7 major · 14 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
dystopia major The story in set in a 2017 United States where a draconian one-child policy is in place, and offenders are jailed in a private maximum security, subterranean prison run by the ruthless Men-Tel Corporation. Also people were tattooed with barcodes.
human vs. captivity major Brennick and his cell mates resolved to escape from the ruthlessly run private prison where they were being held or die trying.
husband and wife major The main story line concerned Brennick's efforts to free himself and his wife from a maximum security prison, and, moreover, their struggle to have second child in a United States where a draconian one-child policy is in place.
pain implant major Every inmate was implanted with an "Intestinator": a small, oval device lodged in the intestine that can be used to induce crippling pain in the implantee.
privatization in society major The viewer is made to ponder about where or not corporations should be entrusted to run prisons.
unrequited love major Prison Director Poe tried to force Karen into divorcing Brannick and marrying him, but she was repulsed by Poe.
what it is like in prison major The viewer is shown prisoners living under draconian conditions is a futuristic privately run maximum security prison.
abortion minor It was revealed that abortion had been made illegal in the United States by the year 2017.
claustrophobia minor A claustrophobic inmate freaked out when he saw the tights confines of the maximum security prison where he was to be housed.
computer hacking minor D-Day hacked into the Zed-10 sentient computer and gave it a virus.