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Cage

Cage

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19893.41h 40mR

Overview

A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two open up a bar together, but some local gangsters make things tough for them after they refuse to take part in brutal "cage" matches where fighters battle to the point of serious injury and/or death.

Directed by Lang Elliott
Written by Hugh Kelley
Produced by Lang Elliott
Box Office0Revenue: $618K

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Top Cast

Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno

Billy Thomas

Reb Brown

Reb Brown

Scott Monroe

Michael Dante

Michael Dante

Tony Baccola

Mike Moroff

Mike Moroff

Mario

Marilyn Tokuda

Marilyn Tokuda

Morgan Garrett

Al Leong

Al Leong

Tiger Joe

James Shigeta

James Shigeta

Tin Lum Yin

Branscombe Richmond

Branscombe Richmond

Diablo

Masanori Toguchi

Masanori Toguchi

Chang

Al Ruscio

Al Ruscio

Costello

Themes & Keywords

vietnam warvietnam veterancagecage fighting

About Cage

Cage is a action, drama, thriller film released in 1989 exploring themes of vietnam war, vietnam veteran, cage, cage fighting. Directed by Lang Elliott, it stars Lou Ferrigno, Reb Brown, Michael Dante. A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two open up a bar together, but some local gangsters make things tough for them after they refuse to take part in brutal "cage" matches where fighters battle to the point of serious injury and/or death.

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