''Caged in Paradiso'' (alternate title Maximum Security) is a 1989 American low-budget action film directed by Mike Snyder and starring

Irene Cara Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress of Black, Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Cara rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', and f ...

(who also sings the theme song "Paradiso"), Peter Kowanko and Paula Bond. It was filmed on St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

Plot

Female inmates wrongly imprisoned on an island fortress plan their escape.

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1989 films American action films 1980s English-language films 1989 action films American prison films Films shot in the United States Virgin Islands 1980s American films English-language action films {{1980s-action-film-stub