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Fortress (1985)

24/11/1985 (AU)Drama, Horror, Thriller1h 28m
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For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed.

Overview

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Rachel Ward

      Rachel Ward

      Sally Jones

    2. Sean Garlick

      Sid

    3. Elaine Cusick

      Mrs. O'Brien

    4. Laurie Moran

      Mr. O'Brien

    5. Marc Aden Gray

      Marc Aden Gray

      Tommy

    6. Ray Chubb

      Publican

    7. Bradley Meehan

      Richard

    8. Rebecca Rigg

      Rebecca Rigg

      Narelle

    9. Beth Buchanan

      Beth Buchanan

      Leanne

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    A review by drystyx

    9.0
    Written by drystyx on Apr 2, 2023

    One might view this as the polar opposite of "Lord of the Flies", although both give very credible depictions of kids in dire circumstances. The difference here is that there is a teacher with the kids to guide them. Also, there is no plane crash. Instead, the kids are kidnapped from a very remote school in a very remote place in Australia. There are a lot of very interesting aspects to this film. First of all, the protagonists of a beautiful female teacher and her students in a place so remote that all the grades and ages are combined in one tiny class, so we get older kids and younger kid...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • australia
    • based on novel or book
    • underground
    • kidnapping
    • cave
    • elementary school
    • teacher
    • revenge
    • survival
    • school
    • outback
    • australian outback