Busty blonde Bernadette Williams stars as Denise, a Canadian reporter captured by Vietnamese soldiers and taken to a camp deep in uncharted jungle where prisoners are brainwashed to act as human bombs.
None too thrilled about her predicament, plucky Denise makes a bid for freedom with the help of smitten guard Pram (Efren Reyes Jr.), but thanks to a camp spy, her attempt to escape is unsuccessful, and Pram is shot and killed in the process.
The future looks brighter, however, when it is announced that she and her fellow inmates are to be finally set free as part of a prisoner exchange deal with America; but once on board the steam train to the rendezvous point, the girls discover that the devious Vietnamese are planning to double-cross the Americans, and realise that their only chance is to make a last ditch effort to overthrow their captors.
I purchased Caged Fury at a car boot sale, successfully knocking the price down from 75p to 50p, to the obvious annoyance of the seller; having just finished watching the film, I reckon he still got the better end of the deal.
A low budget Women In Prison flick from prolific Filipino B-movie director Cirio H. Santiago, Caged Fury offers the usual mix of exploitative elements synonymous with the genre—a sexy, innocent protagonist, communal showering, betrayal, humiliation, degradation, and torture—but fails to take the violence and depravity to the level necessary for it to become truly entertaining (the only time it really hits the mark is with an 'electrodes on the nipples' torture scene).
The sappy romance between Denise and Pram certainly doesn't help matters much (although it does allow Santiago an opportunity to include a spot of gratuitous, soft focus love-making), and there are several dull scenes between a US agent and his Vietnamese counterpart that also serve to bog down proceedings.
Avoid unless you're a die hard Santiago fan (in which case you deserve everything you get), or simply must see every WIP flick in existence.
