Cage is a 1989 American

Cinema of the United States

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 martial arts

Martial arts film

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 action film

Action film

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  starriing Reb Brown

Reb Brown

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 and Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno

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Plot

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

Cast

• Lou Ferrigno
  Lou Ferrigno
  Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno is an American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron...
  
   as Billy Thomas
• Reb Brown
  Reb Brown
  Reb Brown is an American actor.Known as superhero Captain America in the TV pilot/movies, he's also known for the 1983 cult classic, Yor, the Hunter from the Future, as well as the scifi film, Space Mutiny, and for the collaborations with director Bruno Mattei in films Strike Commando and Robowar ...
  
   as Scott Monroe
• Michael Dante
  Michael Dante
  Michael Dante is an American award winning actor of television, films and stage and a former professional minor league baseball player....
  
   as Tony Baccola
• Mike Moroff as Mario
• Marilyn Tokuda as Morgan Garrett
• Al Leong
  Al Leong
  Albert "Al" Leong , aka Al 'Ka Bong', is an American stuntman and actor. Characterised by impressive martial arts skills, long wavy hair, and a prominent Fu Manchu moustache, he has had a number of small but memorable roles as the token long-haired Asian henchman in popular action films, that...
  
   as Tiger Joe
• James Shigeta
  James Shigeta
  James Shigeta is an American film and television actor. He is also a standards singer, musical theatre and nightclub performer, and recording artist. He is a Nisei or second-generation American of Japanese ancestry.-Early life:...
  
   as Tin Lum Yin
• Branscombe Richmond
  Branscombe Richmond
  Branscombe Richmond is an American character actor and stuntman. He is sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon, Ranhome Quickman or Branscom Richmond....
  
   as Diablo
• Tiger Chung Lee as Chang
• Al Ruscio
  Al Ruscio
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   as Costello
• Daniel Martine as Mono
• Rion Hunter as Chao Tung
• Dana Lee as Pang
• Maggie Mae Miller as Meme
• Paul Sorensen
  Paul Sorensen
  Paul Sorensen was an American film, theater and television actor who appeared in literally hundreds roles during his career, including The Brady Bunch and Dallas. He was frequently cast in Westerns or as a police officer....
  
   as Matt
• Danny Trejo
  Danny Trejo
  Dan "Danny" Trejo is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, most notably in roles as an antagonist, or anti-hero.-Early life:...
  
  as Costello's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Reception

The movie received a modest reception from critics.