Fortress 2: Re-entry (1999)

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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.… More 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By: Geoff Murphy
Written By: John Flock, Peter Doyle
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

On DVD: Apr 25, 2000
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
A few campy thrills, but the first one's a whole lot better.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
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Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
Bad, bad sequel to surprisingly good cult film.
Kim Newman, Sight and Sound
This follow-up, whose natural home would seem to be video rental stores rather than local multiplexes, lacks Gordon's wit and grit.
Clint Morris, Moviehole
Makes the original look like "Casablanca"
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
The film's combination of sex, humor and violence looks like a cynical attempt to capitalize on the unsophisticated juvenile video market.
Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide
The only thing that Fortress 2: Re-entry does succeed at is in being an awful movie.
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
Leave this one to gather dust on the video shelves.
Almar Haflidason, BBC
Patrick Malahide provides a few laughs as a slightly camp governor and Pam Grier puts in a token cameo but none of it is enough to save a film that sorely lacks energy.

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Anthony L

This sequel is a very poor cash in on the first, watch the first film and leave it at that!
Dean M

This sequel with Christopher Lambert who returns to reprise his role in prison again at the outer space, he must figure out how to escape again. Plagued by halfhearted performances and below-par effects, <i>Fortress 2</i> cannot escape from its own inconsistencies.