The Cage

After a couple of episodes I started cheering against the main character. He is unlikable, makes ridiculous decisions and he constantly has a constipated or frustrated look on his face. He comes across as a generic meat-head with no depth. The rest of the characters are just as one dimensional.

I understand what they were trying to achieve. A young hungry contender gets an opportunity and fights his way to the top. Unfortunately the writers decided to take every possible shortcut then added a bunch of pointless forced conflicts in an amateurish attempt to create tension.

It's a shame the creators of the show decided against doing something a little more imaginative.

I'm really blown away by the French series "La Cage," directed by Franck Gastambide. The direction is fantastic, and it brings out the best in an amazing cast and a gripping story. This series not only explores MMA but does so in a context where the sport is still burgeoning in France, making it a bold move from the producer. It's both detailed and genuine, which I find really impressive. I'm super proud to see such a well-done project come from France-it's thoroughly researched, with great guest appearances. This show is poised to make a major impact worldwide. Big props to France this time! Definitely a must-watch.

I was very excited for The Cage but at the end the series was very disappointing and too short. Although the episodes had a good run-time they don't had time to develope the characters and we had dialogues without emotions and sometimes we had scenes without sense.

But I still enjoyed the show because I'm a huge MMA & UFC Fan and if you're a UFC Fan you will enjoy the show because of the Fighters they will appear. And if we talking about the fights in the series they are very unrealistic but the training sessions and the entrances are looking not bad.

The show ends with a cliffhanger so we actually need a second season.

This is the type of show that will ruin Netflix. Its very foreseeable, very unrealistic and sometimes even very cringe worthy. I wouldnt recommend this show anyone except maybe MMA fans and French people (since it's a French production). The only positive thing are the MMA cameos. But other than that I hate the unrealistic storytelling, like it's the type of show where before every fight the main character suddenly gets confronted with some random problem and has to go somewhere before the fight which would never happen in real life. Or someone tells him something depressing right before the fight so the fight gets a little more interesting which it really needs because the fights are incredibly boring and unrealistic. Like, when the main character starts punching the opponent suddenly drops his defense for no reason at all. And this doesn't happen once but a lot of times, it really ruins the show for me. I can't really explain it, it's like watching a race with RC cars, a 3D Anime, a vegan burger, coffee with too much sugar, a controller with stick drift, you can watch it but you won't enjoy it, except if youre used to trash tv. 5/10 at most. Stop creating unrealistic, childish movies/tv shows you're ruining entertainment.

I'm a big fan of MMA and enjoyed the cameo roles of some big names.

The fight scenes were realistic and the underlying storyline offered another perspective to the plot.

My only criticism being the impact of the fights from a makeup viewpoint...

Enjoyed it so much, I binged watched from start to finish.

I'm at the point that my review is too short, so I'll try to pad it out.

The underlying storyline, with no spoilers offers another perspective as to why folk take up MMA, boxing and other high intensity sports.

Sorry, I need another 80 characters to make the cut. I suppose it stops poor reviews.