Albert Fortell Movies
- 1989
- R
This Austrian sci-fi film set in post-nuclear Earth is about a pair of policemen whose jobs consist (among other things) of executing people who have prematurely used up all their "energy clip" credits in an Orwellian society. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
Jeff Grant (River Phoenix) is a San Diego teen who discovers his father Richard (Richard Jenkins) and mother Elizabeth Grant) are KGB agents. When he applies to the Air Force Academy, a routine FBI check leads to the shocking news. Soon the suburb of Fountain Grove becomes the focus of international agents and espionage. FBI agent Roy Parmenter (Sidney Poitier) helps Jeff absorb the shock and he battles KGB agent Konstantin Karpov (Richard Bradford) in a race to capture the Soviet agents. The excellent performances from Poitier and Phoenix are the highlight of this feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, (more)
- 1988
When a secretary comes up missing after she witnessed a murder taking place, an unlikely couple of "relative-sleuths" (a duke and his uncle) team up to find the kidnapped woman. ~ Rovi
- 1987
Eurocentric arrogance prompts all the people who handle and acquire a strange Ceylonese curio to dismiss the legend surrounding it, which is that it is a death stone, and holding it presages an early demise. The first to discover it is Jane, who is the fiance of an architect. When she is killed in a run-in with some drug dealers, her fiancee goes on the rampage, dealing out plenty of lethal martial arts kicks and blows and setting up the villains for some serious revenge while the Ceylonese locals celebrate their colorful festivals. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Albert Fortell, Birte Berg, (more)
- 1985
- R
Linda Blair plays Chris Carlson, a U.S. college student who gets thrown in an East German women's prison when she happens to be found with a defector. She's in Germany to meet her U.S. serviceman fiance, and when he finally figures out where she is, he organizes a commando rescue squad to free her. Prison scenes show a dreary prison life where everything's forbidden and survival is the top priority for most inmates. Sylvia Kristel plays a tough and hardened inmate who rules the prison roost. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, (more)
- 1985
In this suspenseful drama, a determined wife overcomes insurmountable odds to find her missing husband, an investigative reporter who was doing a story on the shipment of nuclear waste. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1984
Morgen Grauen is a sci-fi action film set in an indeterminate future, when citizens above the age of 15 have to use an "energy chip" to buy anything -- the catch is that they cannot use the chip for self-aggrandizement or an execution squad comes after them. When Sarah gets on the list of a death squad, Len, one of the executioners, likes her too much to carry out his orders, while Jacob, a particularly brutal killer, has no problem with killing anyone. Soon Len has teamed up with Sarah, and both are chased by Jacob toward an exciting climax to the fast-paced action that dominates throughout the film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Albert Fortell, Hannelore Elsner, (more)
- 1982
- R
Released in the U.S. under the title The Final Option, this action thriller was produced and set in Great Britain. The British Special Air Services, an anti-terrorist group, is pitted against an organization of international terrorists who plan to take over the U.S. Embassy in London and hold everyone hostage. Captain Skellen (Louis Collins), a member of the Special Air Services, assumes a false identity in order to infiltrate the terrorists, who are rogue members of the anti-nuclear-weapons movement -- and uncover their plans. Judy Davis appears as Frankie, a key member of the anti-nuclear group. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, (more)
This German film focuses on the story of Lissy, a college student working at various jobs, who replaces a millionaire's daughter, Pat, to travel to Tegernsee until Pat's boyfriend shows up! ~ Rovi
