Chavez Cage of Glory or Chavez: Cage of Glory is a 2013 American action martial arts film written, directed by and starring Héctor EchavarrÃÂa, and co-starring Danny Trejo, James Russo and Steven Bauer.
Not being able to cover his ill son's medical bills, a man named Chavez returns to his fighting roots in the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Variety said in its review "ThereâÂÂs precious little glory â and not even that much cage fighting â in âÂÂChavez: Cage of Glory,â a poverty-row vanity project for Argentinian mixed martial arts champ Hector Echevarria." Variety added "This hilariously straight-faced inventory of moth-eaten fight-movie cliches opened Sept. 13 on a few dozen SoCal screens via EchevarriaâÂÂs own Destiny Entertainment label, and just as promptly vacated them." Variety also said "PicâÂÂs production âÂÂvaluesâ (or lack thereof) make the average telenovela look like âÂÂMasterpiece Theatre,â with scant attempt to disguise recycled locations and insert shots. Composer Niel ArgoâÂÂs maudlin synthesizer score sounds like a Casio keyboard stuck in âÂÂfuneral dirgeâ demo mode."
The Los Angeles Times wrote "Good intentions go just so far when a movie is hobbled by such risible, place holder dialogue, contrived plot points, wildly uneven performances and awkward camera work." The Los Angeles Times also said "At least the cage fighting scenes feel authentic."