The Fortress

Fortress is a 2021 American action film directed by James Cullen Bressack and written by Alan Horsnail, based on a story by Emile Hirsch and Randall Emmett. It stars Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Kelly Greyson, Ser'Darius Blain, and Shannen Doherty. The film was released in select theaters and on video on demand by Lionsgate Films on December 17, 2021. Plot Robert lives in a top-secret resort for retired U.S. intelligence officers. His son Paul tracks him down to the facility after 3 years of not seeing or hearing from him. He pitches his crypto currency company to him telling him that he needs $5 million to make it cash positive. He needs him to sign a document to release money from his mom's estate to him. Unbeknown to him his dad has been following his son's life and career. Balzary and his group of criminals infiltrate the resort and follow Robert and Paul into a high-tech bunker called the fortress, killing all the guards. They tie them up. Balzary says a group of Russians have kidnapped his wife and he needs the money that Robert stole from him for her release. Robert has invested it in Crypto currency. He has his son memorise the code saying he must remember the number exactly as it could save his life. Cast Jesse Metcalfe as Paul Michaels Bruce Willis as Robert Michaels Chad Michael Murray as Frederick Balzary Kelly Greyson as Kate Taylor Ser'Darius Blain as Ulysses Michael Sirow as Ken Blain Shannen Doherty as Brigadier General Barbara Dobbs Katalina Viteri as Sophia Natalie Burn as Sandra Luis Da Silva Jr. as Axel Sean Kanan as Vlad Lauren Schiff as Garner Production Filming began on May 3, 2021, in Puerto Rico. The film was announced that same day as the first part in a duology of films starring Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, and Kelly Greyson. The second film, titled Fortress: Sniper's Eye, was shot back-to-back with the first; production on the second film concluded on November 3, 2021. On May 15, 2021, director James Cullen Bressack said filming on the first film had wrapped.