Christopher Lambert's Fortress is the Best Sci-Fi Movie You Never Saw

Stuart Gordon's 1992 film Fortress is a movie that almost went direct to video in North America, but was a serious blockbuster overseas. Such was the status of star Christopher Lambert's career at the time. Back in the late-eighties/the early nineties, Christopher Lambert occupied an interesting place in the pantheon of action heroes. Theatrically, his movies never did particularly well in North America, with even the original HIGHLANDER only grossing $5.9 million domestically. Yet, he had a real following in the home video market thanks to those early films, in addition to legitimate stardom in Europe. Thus, you got movies like GUNMEN, and KNIGHT MOVES, which only got limited theatrical releases, but did well overseas and very well in video stores. Fortress is one of his very best movies and are latest entry into the Best Movie You Never Saw canon.