Anybody seen Fortress?

[RedOctober1984]

It's supposedly based on actual events. It came out last year.

It's about B-17's and it has some negative reviews. IMDb has a 4.6 out of 10.

I saw it at the movie rental section of my local store. I think I'll rent it and see what I think. As much as I love WW2 aviation, I'm not good at picking out historical errors yet so I'm sure I'll like it.

I can find errors easily with Submarine movies though...like the nightmare that U-571 is to watch...

[RedOctober1984]

I just watched this movie earlier.

I liked it considering that it had a low budget and was mostly computer generated. I recommend it but you have to get past these things. It's a low budget movie with computer generated planes.

Story isn't bad. I don't know much about B-17's based in North Africa in July 1943 but I thought it was good. I like when they do movies on these "forgotten battles"

[Brian Bines]

Following your thread I got it on Amazon and thought it quite good. The Fortress at the end climbing from sea level to bale out height on one engine seemed a bit optimistic, particularly after the trouble Steve McQueen had trying to climb his B-17 at the end of ''The War Lover''. the computer generated aircraft were pretty good I thought better than ''Red Tails'' all in all very good for its low budget.