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oungblood opens with an old home video of Dean and his brother playing hockey as kids. The sequence looks genuinely aged, which is a nice touch.
We then get a taste of Dean's hockey skills as an adult, presented in true 80s style with an abundance of cool moves and music to back them. A bit too dramatic, but it does the trick.
Next we see how life is on the farm for Dean, his father and brother, and consequently learn that Dean wants to try out for the Hamilton Mustangs. His dad basically tells him to dream on, that they need his help on the farm, but his brother convinces pops to let him go, assuring him that he will do all of Dean's work for him; so he's off to the arena.
The first funny part of the movie comes when we get to watch some pathetic hockey players falling all over themselves at the tryout and the coach making fun of them.
Youngblood, however skates circles around everybody until he is layed out by a jerk named Carl Racki, which takes the wind out of his sails. After a few stitches, Youngblood gets the shot he came for. Dean is quite pleased by this and never suspects that his fellow team-mates are planning to hold him down and give him a "trim" with a razor to celebrate his joining the team.
So after Dean is clean cut, he takes up residence with Ms. McGill, who... lets just say has a funny way of welcoming guests.
Moving right along, Dean goes out for his first alcohol consumption with the guys... which leads to some funny events, but I can't give away all the goods and ruin the movie.
Needless to say Youngblood doesn't play very well the next day, thoroughly annoying the coach. The newly initiated "hoser" meets his love interest (the coach's daughter), and he doesn't exactly make a good impression on her... or her dad ay?
Of course when she hears that he scored a goal over her radio, she instantly adores him. (That's how it worked in the 80s.)
For a while the movie just alternates between Youngblood and Jessie's romance, and Youngblood's accomplishments on the ice. After Dean scores... in more ways than one, Ms. McGill stops pestering him with tea and he gains Derek's friendship, even though there is some rivalry between them on the ice.
At this point, Dean meets up with Racki again, who now plays for the Thunder Bay Bombers: predictable ay? Well, the Mustangs start getting their hineys kicked and the coach gives them a very stern pep talk, after which they start creaming people, which of course leads to a brawl, yay!
Now I dont want to give away the whole flick, but Dean and Derek go through some hard times, and Dean has a big decision to make. Knowing that it might come in handy in the very near future, Dean's Dad and Brother try to show him the way of the fist, and its a good thing they do. For when the Mustangs face the Bombers for the last time, Dean and Racki just MAY have to settle some differences once and for all!
Since this is the only 80s hockey movie I have seen, unfortunately I cannot compare it to any others. However, contrary to what you may hear, it's quite good.
As a side-note, guys DO act like that when they get together and drink. This movie simply shines with 80s goofiness... Worth watching? Like, fer sure! Totally awesome dude!
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Youngblood is not a fantastic film. But it is not bad either. Some movies just don't turn out to be masterpieces. A film can be totally entertaining whether it is horrible or magnificent. Again, I believe people are overly critical about movies, and nitpicking is not my thing.
Youngblood has some obvious faults but in my opinion its worth watching AND owning. Youngblood scores, a successful film in that it "did what it set out to do", good job Mr. Markle!
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Years later, Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze would work together again on the hit movie "Point Break".  -Thanks to Teresa Parks
Another NHLer that is towel whipped by Patrick Swayze as he walks by him working out, who presently plays for the Red Wings is Steve "Stumpy" Thomas. Has also played for the Leafs, Ducks, Hawks, Islanders & Devils. -Thanks to Hey Hockey Guy
Peter Zezel ,who played for the Flyers, Capitals and Maple Leafs, is a real NHL player. -Thanks to Richard Zeppa
Keanu Reeves plays the goalie with the extremely fake Quebec accent. Apparently, he was actually a very good goalie in his youth. -Thanks to Deanna
Dean Youngblood's father, Blain Youngblood was former Chicago Blackhawk player Eric Nesterenko. -Thanks to Tom McCarthy
Players who played for the Hamilton Steelhawks of the Ontario Hockey League at the time of shooting were also used, for example, Brad Belland. -Thanks to Joe
The goalie in the background which Patrick Swayze is shooting at in his appartment is Peter Miller back in '78 and the team jersey is a High School team called Father Henry Carr Crusaders. Patrick Flatley (went to the school) was one of the pros that helped out in the movie. The jersey also pops up at the try-out scene. -Thanks to Darren
Racki (George Finn) was a roommate of Former New York Ranger Adam Graves in juniors. Also a hockey coach in Utica, NY. Racki really wasn't only a character.. That was Finn!
Ed Laughter who played Youngblood's coach later appeared in Austin Powers but didn't say a word. -Thanks to Nick Springsteen
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When youngblood is shown as a kid, he is playing left-handed, later on, at age 17, he is seen playing right-handed.
In the fight scene at end of movie between Racki and Youngblood, Youngblood pulls Racki's jersey over his head onto his arms, then punches Racki to the ice. When Racki is on the ice he isn't wearing his jersey anymore, then when he gets back up, Racki takes his jersey completely off. -Thanks to 80'sRocked
During the final game in the movie, when Youngblood finally gets onto the ice after being sat by Chadwick, when he receives his first pass you see a large blood stain on the front of the right shoulder on his jersey. This stain is actually from a little bit later in the movie when Racki hits him in the mouth with his stick and disappears a few frames later when he is shown again, then reappears after he is hit. -Thanks to 80'sRocked
The Memorial Cup, though a real trophy, is not awarded to the winner of a Best of 7 series. Nor, is it awarded to the OHL (Ontario Hockey League) Champion, as seen in the movie. Instead it is awarded to the winner of a Round Robin Tournament hosted by a single team (rotating between the 3 Leagues that make the Canadian Hockey League). With the Champions from the WHL (Western Hockey League), OHL (Ontario Hockey League) and the QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League), as well as the Host team participating. -Thanks to 80'sRocked
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Rob Lowe supposedly took his inspiration for the character from a guy he knew from High School: "Pot-leg" Scott White, who was very into High School football, made all-American at Princeton, then went on to be a rookie with the Buffalo Bills. He mentioned that he remembered that his friend Scott liked Mountain Holler soda, ate cobbler all the time and had a Russian girlfriend named Svetlana. He thought "what an interesting character, I will try to duplicate some of this in the movie."
The movie is based loosely on the ice hockey experiences of director Peter Markle. When Markle filmed the ice hockey scenes, he worked while on ice skates.
During the filming of "Youngblood" Rob Lowe would practice the sax between takes to prepare for his role in "St. Elmos Fire". He didn't know how to play the sax and tried to get as much practice in as he could. In fact, "Youngblood" was filmed right before "St Elmos Fire" but was released a year later. -Thanks to Bill Reilly
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Filming locations include Canada and Minnesota, USA
The hockey rink for the home town Mustang's is the 50 year old Ted Reeve arena located at Main St & Gerrard St. in the east end of Toronto. They pretty much kept the rink the same except for the new scoreboard. Note the goalie with a french accent is Keanu Reeves. Some NHL players where also cast to assemble the team like Steve Thomas [Thanks to Chris from Toronto]
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Not exactly a stellar collection of hits but not a bad soundtrack. Track listing [Thanks to Phil Martyn]:
1. "Opening Score" by William Orbit
2. "Stand in the Fire" by Mickey Thomas
3. "Talk Me Into It" by Glenn Jones
4. "Something Real (Inside me, Inside You)" by Mr. Mister
5. "I'm a Real Man" by John Hiatt
6. "Cut You Down to Size" by Starship
7. "Footsteps" by Nick Gilder
8. "Soldier of Fortune" by Marc Jordan
9. "Winning is Everything" by Autograph
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| 1986 | Studio:
| MGM | Director:
| Peter Markle | Starring:
| Rob Lowe,
Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Jim Youngs,
Eric Nesterenko, George J. Finn, Keanu Reeves | | - | - | Genre:
| Action | | | | + | Entertaining, funny, and lots of fighting. (As the old saying goes: "I went to see a fight, and a hockey game broke out") | - | Poor acting at times, some fake-looking injuries, and not enough revenge on Racki, who by the way was the one that needed a shave, not Youngblood! |
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