Cage

If you've seen TV wrestling, you know what a "caged" bout is. In Cage, it's for real; two testosterone-pumped behemoths are placed in a cage where they duke it out to the death. Lou Ferrigno plays Billy Thomas, the muscle-bound Vietnam vet who is finagled into cage-fighting by a group of mobsters. ...more

Cage is a typical, subpar '80s underground fighting flick in every sense except for one -- it features Lou Ferrigno in one of his most challenging roles to date. Acting really never was Lou's strongest point, thanks in part to his speech impediment and extreme hearing loss, but if there was any role to stretch the bodybuilder's chops, it would be the main character here, Billy. Beefed up with extreme muscles, but with the brainpower of a child, Billy plays to Ferrigno's weaknesses and gives him ...more