Ep. 120 - Youngblood

This 1980's relic was the hockey movie we could never find on DVD or streaming, but YouTube to the rescue and we finally get to cover Youngblood.   Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze are convincing on skates and, man, are they handsome. Both play talented scorers who also have to fight their own battles on the ice. On that note, we didn't like the last 5 minutes of this movie, partly because we didn't buy almost anything about the post-game stick joust and then the punch-up. When Lowe isn't dealing with that goonery throughout his OHL experience, he's being hazed, seduced by his landlady and---just when his best buddy on the team starts to become a real friend---that friend is badly injured.   Some have said Youngblood's biggest fault is that it's loaded with cliches, but better sports movies that came after this one had similar scenes, so this was at least influential. Anyway, keep your stick on the ice, but be ready to throw hands as we dissect Peter Markle's amateur hockey flick.   Send us some love---or the opposite of love---on Twitter (@moviefiend51 and @scoringatmovies) and email us ([e-mail]).