The Fortress (Die Festung)

John Branagh (Christopher Lambert) und seine schwangere Frau werden bei dem Versuch, das Land zu verlassen gefangen genommen und ins Gefängnis geworfen. Der Grund dafür: in der von Überbevölkerung geplagten Zukunftswelt ist eine "illegale" Schwangerschaft eine Straftat. In dem festungsartigen und vollautomatisierten Gefängnis, das von halbmenschlichen Cyberwesen bewacht wird, herrscht rohe Gewalt. Schließlich startet John einen verzweifelten Fluchtversuch.... Gute visuelle Effekte, interessante (wenn auch nicht sonderlich orginelle) Story und passable Schauspieler - der Film ist nicht so schlecht wie sein Ruf. Jeffrey Combs kann sich als John's Zellengenosse "D-Day" ausnahmsweise mal in einer sympathischen Rolle zeigen. weitere Bilder/more pictures

Jeffrey Combs über Fortress:

"It's like a 'Great Escape' of the future. It's an automated prison that self-perpetuates itself by using prisoners as labor. It's run by a private corporation and there are no guards; it's totally computerized. D-Day is just this little ferret/hermit who's been beaten down so far that he hides in his corner instead of getting involved with anything. In comes Christopher Lambert, who was unjustly put into prison. Lambert's courage at standing up to the forces that be inspires D-Day to join him in his effort to escape.[...]

The glasses were an interesting technical problem. How do I wear these big glasses for my scenes, then see myself and what's going on without breaking my kneecaps once the camera stops rolling and I walk off the set? I went to an optometrist's office in Australia, and they came up with a clever idea. They gave me contact lenses that were opposite the power of the glasses. So when the two combined, it was back to my original prescription and my eyes didn't know the difference."

aus: Fangoria#114

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