Lowe, Swayze and Reeves. Some movies would kill for a cast like this.
It was 1986 and these three actors were well on their way to being at the height of their power. This shot in Canada film about rookie Dean Youngblood navigating one our most hallowed sports has divided Canadians for years, and now it's time that we set the record straight!
To the uninitiated, Youngblood is the saga of Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe), the newest addition to the Hamilton Mustangs. He is befriended by goalie Heaver (Keannu Reeves) and mentored by the Mustang's Captain, Derek Sutton (Patrick Swayze).
Youngblood had fast skates, a skilled stick, slick moves with the coaches daughter, but slow fists. When Derek is injured by a vengeful goon, Dean Youngblood
has to dig deep and toughen up to make things right, and win the Memorial Cup!
To be in the game, you need to watch this opus, in the meantime here is but a taste:
Shot in Canada (Scarborough and other locations), and including some real hockey icons in it's cast, (Peter Zezel and Steve Thomas), Youngblood has been a sports bar-side controversy for years.
It's no Slap Shot (my head is hung in reverence), but, is this a hockey cult classic, or a dead fish on ice. Is Youngblood like Swayze's so bad it's good Roadhouse, or is it like Lowe's so bad it's just bad Escape Under Pressure? It's time this heated debate on ice be put to an end. Please let us know if this movie comes to praise the hockey film or to bury it.
Canada, it's up to you! Youngblood: Hat-trick or Gongshow?! Vote here
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