Director: | Josh Sternfeld |
Screenplay: | Alan Horsnail |
Cinematography: | Vern Nobles, Jr. |
Editing: | Evan Ahlgren |
Music: | Jacob Bunton |
Distributor: | Lionsgate Films |
Runtime: | 87 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Gross: | $69,075[1] |
Fortress: Sniper's Eye (also known as Fortress 2) is a 2022 American action film directed by Josh Sternfeld as a sequel to Fortress (2021). It stars Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, and Chad Michael Murray. The film was released on April 29, 2022, by Lionsgate Films.[2]
Weeks after the events of the first film, Robert Michaels enacts a rescue attempt of the widow of his deceased nemesis, Frederick Balzary. However, when Sasha appears to have nefarious plans of her own and Balzary is revealed to be alive, Robert and his son Paul must work together to stop them.
Fortress 2 was announced on May 3, 2021, as a sequel to Fortress. Principal photography began in Puerto Rico in May 2021.[3] Filming for Fortress 2 wrapped by November 2021.[4] A first-look image was released at the 2021 American Film Market, where Highland Film Group was looking to sell the film's distribution rights in the United States and Canada.[5] Fortress: Sniper's Eye is one of the last films to star Willis, who retired from acting because he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.[6] [7]
Fortress: Sniper's Eye was released on April 29, 2022, by Lionsgate Films.
As of August 27, 2022, Fortress: Sniper's Eye grossed $69,075 in the United Arab Emirates and Portugal.
Jeannette Catsoulis, of The New York Times, gave a negative review, saying "a sequel so dumb that no effort by Willis could reasonably be expected to save it."[8]