Youngblood DVD > Reviews

Advantages: Lowe, Swayze and good action
Disadvantages: Predictable sports storyline

Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe) longs to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional ice hockey star, and break away from his life on the family farm. Although he has the ability, he worries that he may not succeed and end up back on the farm like his brother Kelly (Kim Youngs), who had also tried to become a professional ice hockey star, only to return to the farm a broken man after loosing the sight in one eye. So after some cajoling and encouragement ... Read review

Advantages: Dramatic and Sexy!
Disadvantages: None really!

...Fire) plays hockey player Dean Youngblood in this 1986 movie. The film opens with a touching home movie of Dean and his older brother playing hockey as youngsters. Much to his Dad's dismay, Youngblood joins hockey team the Hamilton Mustangs. Dean is fast on the ice and we soon see him trying to be just as fast with his new team mates when it comes to alcohol - there are some funny moments here (watch th efilm to see!). Obviously, there needs ... Read review

Advantages: Classic 80's fodder
Disadvantages: Standard sports film storyline

I guess the target market for this DVD release would be the now (late)-30 somethings who fondly remember this film from their various misspend youths. Certainly that was how I picked up the film as this formed a vast amount of my video and film watching time back when I was a teenager. "Youngblood" tells the story of Dean Youngblood, a talented young ice hockey player who is desperate to leave the impoverished farm he works with his father and ... Read review

Advantages: Lowe + Swayze = Talent
Disadvantages: There are better hockey films out there

...what Youngblood attempts, which is to tell the story of an up and coming star at a crucial point in his hockey career. Of all the hockey movies I've seen, including Slap Shot, The Mighty Ducks movies, The Cutting Edge (which focuses on hockey for only the beginning of the film) and the Van-Damme action-film Sudden Death, (which in my opinion is the absolute worst hockey-related movie ever made) the plot of Youngblood is the most reasonable to me. ... Read review