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NHL DVDs | Home » » » Youngblood | | | | | | | Description: | | In this Youngblood DVD, a skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter. | | | Features: | |
• Officially Licensed
• Highest Quality Recording
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Jim Youngs | | Director:
| Peter Markle | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English, French | | Subtitle:
| French, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| MGM (Video & DVD) | | Run Time:
| 110 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| May 22, 2001 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 41 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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10 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Tea with Mrs. McGill anyone?Jan 20, 2003
By Ghenghis
OK, who cares if it's "unrealistic." In the very small Hockey Genre this is without a doubt the best of the bunch. Why...because it's entertaining.
Rob Lowe and Swayze at their peak and a goofy first entry by Keanu Reeves gave us a glimpse of things to come. He cant act. The only downside to this flick is the highly irritating "lets get it on and make my dad angry" content but other than that a fun, and sometimes funny film. Gets better with age.
The DVD is very very good with 4 stars for both the widescreen video and audio that you can't tell from 5.1, no extras but who cares. Four stitches.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 "Lets Go Pretty Boy" ~ Coming Of Age On And Off The IceJun 08, 2008
By Brian E. Erland
"Rainbow Sphinx"
`Youngblood' is a slickly produced sports (hockey), coming of age film from '86 with a lot of good looking young men to (Rob Lowe, Patrick Swazee and Keanu Reeves) keep the girls watching, fast moving game sequences and the usual on the ice fights one has come to expect and look forward to in a hockey game. The storyline is predictable but enjoyable, the pounding, energetic `80's soundtrack is excellent and the cast likeable. Not a bad way to while away an evening with a couple of buddies or a girlfriend.
My Rating: -3 1/2 Stars-.
10 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great Hockey FlickJun 22, 2001
By Clint Hendrickson
While this movie is probably best reserved for extreme Hockey Fans, it also has a certain flare that makes a person realize how pure the game of Hockey really is. I saw this movie when I was younger and it a sparked a desire and love for the game that is with me even today. Hockey is the only sport left in which players play with heart and passion for the game, and this movie is excellent at betraying that feeling to it's audience. I personally enjoy this movie at least once a year (to get me in a Hockey mood) and can't wait to get it on DVD!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 great hockey movieNov 10, 2010
By tom d
First real hockey movie for kid in love with hockey growing in Europe.
Forget about clean and nice hockey games. Lots of fights and action ... is this how hockey is played in North America ...? Yes it is ...
Still bringing lots of nice memories. Patric Swayze skating with Robe Lowe ..
and Keanu Reeves as goalie... Really fun to watch
7 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Cynthia Gibb and hockey sticksJan 13, 2006
By D. Roberts
"Hadrian12"
This is a decent movie about athletes whom you normally don't hear too much about: minor league hockey players. It centers around a young player (played by Rob Lowe) who is a wonderfully skilled finesse player, but he's also physically weak & unable to fight. In short, he is a Wayne Gretzky type of player. He just started in the minors & wants to go pro. Question: how will he deal with the goon side of hockey?
The movie is nostalgic as both Lowe and Patrick Swayze are so very young. Lowe is not much more than a teenager and this is one of Swayze's earliest films too. A young Keannu Reeves has a bit part as the goalie. Of course, with him nothing is really nostalgic: he couldn't act then & he can't act now.
The single biggest reason to give this DVD a viewing is Cynthia Gibb. She is absolutely gorgeous and really gives a fairly bland plot a sexy edge. This is also the only movie I know of where Cynthia takes her shirt off. That by itself was worth the price of the DVD!
If you like hockey movies, you may or may not like this one. Some of the chronology seemed to be pretty screwed up. For example: the coach is supposed to be giving his team a pep-talk in between periods, yet most of the players have their uniforms off. I've never played hockey myself, but am fairly certain that hockey players don't remove their uniforms in between periods. Also, the timeline between Lowe's character leaving the team & then coming back for the last game is not believable.
That said, this is a pretty good flick. It doesn't have the "tacked on" ending that I was fully expecting it to have. It also does showcase some of the less desirable features of the life of a minor league hockey player.
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