In the film fortress was the prison underground?

Question

in the chritopher lambert film fortress was the futuristic prison supposed to be underground? I can't remember.

thanks

Answer 1

Yes, I'm fairly certain that it is far underground. I'll find information to verify this, but I seem to recall that, even if there's an escape, they have to get to the surface.

Fortress (1993)

IMDb synopsis:

The year is 2017, and apparently due to overpopulation, the United States has become a totalitarian country enforcing a China-style one child per couple law. John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Loryn Locklin), are trying to flee the United States for Mexico, as Karen has become pregnant again after losing their first child. They are caught and imprisoned in the Fortress, a massive underground prison facility run by the evil Men-Tel Corp. Brennick has to come up with a plan to escape the prison and save his wife while contending with the evil Prison Director Poe (Kurtwood Smith) and his AI sidekick Zed-10 (voice of Carolyn Purdy-Gordon).