Fortress

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Fortress

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Released Dec 17, 2021

1h 40m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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In this dazzling action cyber-thriller, Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction) plays Robert, a retired CIA agent living at a secret resort in the woods. One day, his estranged son drives to the camp for a visit -- but he's followed by Robert's old nemesis, Balzary (Chad Michael Murray, "One Tree Hill"). As the site is besieged by Balzary's attack squad, father and son retreat to a high-tech bunker. But are its steel walls and advanced weapons powerful enough to match Balzary's bloodthirsty plans for revenge?

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

At onetime, Bruce Willis's presence boosted a small movie; lately, he's a liability. "It's an emergency alert," Willis's ex-C.I.A. agent yawns to his estranged son as though sirens mean the postman is at the door.

Rated: C-

Dec 16, 2021

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Meredith Jill Brown

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The unexpected surprises along the way are not only unpredictable, they are outright fun!

Rated: 8/10

Jul 17, 2025

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Neither lead makes much of an impression, so it's left to Chad Michael Murray's borderline psychotic villain to take the wheel and give the drama some momentum.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2025

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Fortress moves at a slick pace, and its action scenes are most thrilling.

Rated: 9.5/10

Jan 27, 2022

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

For an action film about U.S. muscle, Fortress sure is weak -- but it does have some unexpected entertainment value.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 5, 2022

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Bruce Willis appeared in eight films in 2021, of which I've have the displeasure to witness half...

Rated: 1/4

Dec 23, 2021

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Sam W

One of Bruce Willis’ ‘aphasia’ movies, and it shows. It has a different take and setting for a mediocre lockdown/revenge story but the incompetence of everyone and everything defies belief, as does the overuse of shoddy special effects and drumming background music which I assume was intended to build suspense. Weak acting, cheap looking, and stilted cheesy dialogue, especially from Willis who looked to be just reading his lines.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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susie m

This is one of the worst cheap movies Iv ever seen.Bruce Willis has only dumb one liner response to everything. I love the dorky girl running someone grabs her shirt, it falls off to show her boobs. Watching this for free and it’s not worth it.😊set look plastic. All around really crappy movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/24/25

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Timothy E

What happened to Bruce Willis. This movie is not like him.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/04/25

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Rick M

Pathetic in every way and at every level. This potty mouth absolute zero has no real plot, makes no sense, and has absolutely no value whatsoever. A total piece of crap.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Marek C

I watched about 20 minutes into this. This wasn't enough to tell whether this is an awful action movie or an awful parody thereof.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Grymdrache

Probably the worst acting and direction I've seen Bruce Willis work under. The overall story is pretty interesting, but the performances and the writing is worse the the Star Wars sequels. If you're a die hard (lol) Bruce Willis fan, add this one to your collection, but it's not worth watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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In this dazzling action cyber-thriller, Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction) plays Robert, a retired CIA agent living at a secret resort in the woods. One day, his estranged son drives to the camp for a visit -- but he's followed by Robert's old nemesis, Balzary (Chad Michael Murray, "One Tree Hill"). As the site is besieged by Balzary's attack squad, father and son retreat to a high-tech bunker. But are its steel walls and advanced weapons powerful enough to match Balzary's bloodthirsty plans for revenge?

Director: James Cullen Bressack
Producer: Randall Emmett, George Furla, Luillo Ruiz, Chad A. Verdi
Screenwriter: Alan Horsnail
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Verdi Productions, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, Grindstone Entertainment Group
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m

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