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Fortress

1992 · 95 min · Director: Stuart Gordon ★ IMDb 5.9 · 32,490 ratings

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In 2017, John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen are captured at a US immigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is run by a private corporation bent on mind control.

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Emotional fingerprint

Fortress (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Fear 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Fear
  1. Fear25%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Fear, Tension. Genres: Crime, Action, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Fear and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Tension
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Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 38 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension53 %53 %25 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension66 %65 %45 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Disturbing74 %71 %64 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension73 %70 %68 %43 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Disturbing76 %70 %69 %53 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Empathy81 %71 %71 %64 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Disturbing83 %75 %74 %64 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension84 %77 %76 %69 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing84 %73 %79 %73 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing74 %56 %69 %63 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Empathy61 %43 %45 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Hope63 %49 %34 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Hope71 %65 %44 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Tension76 %75 %51 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Tension81 %80 %54 %48 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension88 %85 %64 %57 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension89 %88 %64 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension86 %86 %51 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension85 %85 %43 %58 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LL
Loryn Locklin

Kurtwood Smith

Prison Director Poe

Clifton Collins Jr.

Niño Gomez

LK
Lincoln Kilpatrick

Abraham

Tom Towles

Stiggs

Vernon Wells

Maddox

AZ
Alan Zitner

Claustrophobic Prisoner

DG
Deni Gordon

Karen's Cellmate

EB
Eric Briant Wells

Border Guard

DD
Dragicia Debert

Bio Scanner Guard

HN
Harry Nurmi

Guard #1

PL
Peter Lamb

Guard #2

TH
Troy Hunter

Guard #3

Details

Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Written by
Troy Neighbors, Steven Feinberg, David Venable, Terry Curtis Fox
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
95 min
Country
Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 32,490 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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