Fortress

Fortress is a 1992 scifi film by Stuart Gordon.

In a dystopian future, in order to control the overpopulation, the law dictates that only one child is allowed per woman. John and Karen Brennick end up in a futuristic prison for being "breeders", people who violate said law. Now it's up to John to break them both out.

A sequel was released in 2000, in which John Brennick ends up in another prison, which is in space this time.

Tropes used in Fortress include:

• The Alcatraz
• Big No: Brennick yells out one just before Stiggs gets shot.
• Blind Without'Em: After losing his glasses, D-Day can only flail his arms helplessly and call out for Brennick.
• Camera Spoofing: Used in the sequel.
• Catch Phrase: Zed-10's "crime does not pay".
• Deadly Dodging: Just before an ion cannon shoots D-Day, Brennick dives in to rescue him, and a cyborg guard gets blasted instead.
• Doomed Defeatist
• Explosive Decompression: Wonderfully averted in the sequel.
• Explosive Leash: The Intestinators, which are put into prisoners when they arrive and are designed hurt or kill them as necessary.
• Eye Scream: When Brennick is subjected to the mindwipe, he sees a vision of himself ripping his eyes out.
• Fire-Breathing Weapon: Cyborg guards' guns double as machine guns and flamethrowers.
• Flipping the Bird
• Great Escape
• Heroic Willpower: Brennick stands against the mindwipe for three days, whereas other prisoners could only take it for an hour.
• Hollywood Cyborg: The illegal babies that are taken from "breeders" are modified into enchanced beings which won't require food or sleep anymore. This includes Prison Director Poe.
• Hollywood Hacking
• Master Computer: Zed-10.
• Mind Rape: Very disobedient prisoners are subjected to a mindwipe, which leave them braindead.
• Nerd Glasses: D-Day.
• Numbered Sequels
• One Word Title
• The Password Is Always Swordfish
• Population Control
• Post Climax Confrontation: After Brennick and co. escape from prison, Zed-10 takes over their escape vehicle to eliminate them.
• Prison
• Prison Rape: Maddox's favourite pastime.
• Recycled in Space: The sequel.
• Run for the Border: Film opens with Karen and John trying to make it to Canada.
• Scarpia Ultimatum: Karen agrees on one given by Poe, so he will release John from the mindwipe.
• Shovel Strike: Used against a cyborg guard.
• Take My Hand: After Brennick manages to defeat Maddox in a one-on-one fight, Maddox is left hanging on a ledge. Poe then orders Brennick to finish the job. As a proverbial middle finger to Poe, Brennick offers Maddox his hand instead.
• Tattooed Crook: Maddox.
• Thoughtcrime: The "unauthorized thought processes", i.e. erotic fantazies.
• Torso with a View
• Traumatic C-Section: Preganant female "breeders" are subjected to it when their child is taken away.
• Use Your Head