The film follows John Whitecloud, a criminal rebel who seeks revenge against a corrupt Sheriff and a militia run by a crazed general.
The production is presented as an attempt to deal with political topics, with which Troma was not generally associated, Lloyd Kaufman saying about the film: "It was about a futuristic society where everyone in the world hates America.
But with his movie mania in overdrive and his head in a geo-political treatise instead of a story of vicious, villainous vice, Louzil loses control of the chaos and his film crashes and burns.
"[4] Another recent review contains a similar assessment of the film: "Fortress of Amerikkka initially presents itself as a considered understanding of divisiveness and American values, offering an introduction that details the central crisis between those who choose to live in the country and those who seek to control it under the guise of patriotism.
Instead of a blistering critique of American life, writer/director Eric Louzil (Bikini Beach Race, Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown) is out to make an exploitation movie filled with dim-witted characters, loud gunplay, and topless women.
There's some entertainment value in the absurdity of Louzil's screenplay, but the endeavor falls short of its potential, missing a chance to give Troma a real politicized offering to help them break free of their low-budget formula.
"[5] A review in The Fayetteville Observer wrote, "Still, it's hard to imagine even the most bubble-headed fan of gratuitous violence being able to sit through the incoherent plot of "Fortress of Amerikkka," an action-adventure mishap which opened today at the Westwood Cinema and Eutaw Movies.