Youngblood (1978)

Youngblood: Directed by Noel Nosseck. With Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Bryan O’Dell, Renn Woods, Tony Allen. A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.

“The admitedly great soundtrack by War is probably the official reason why YOUNGBLOOD has never been released on video or DVD (licensing issues.) However, Iu0026#39;m pretty sure the movieu0026#39;s current owners (MGM) see that there probably wouldnu0026#39;t be that much call for the movie if they were able to iron out the music rights. It certainly has its moments – some great fight choreography, for one thing, and the cast is pretty decent – but at the end you have to wonder what the point was, especially since that ending happens at a point when it seems that there is still a substantial part of the story yet to go! Itu0026#39;s also pretty slow-going at times, and your impatience just increases by some unbelievably stupid decisions by the characters. All in all, itu0026#39;s just one more piece of evidence to prove that American-International was much better at making in-house product than contracting outside production companies to make product for them.”