It stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and features Bryan O'Dell in the title role.

Michael (O'Dell) is an African-American teenager in South-Central Los Angeles, being raised by a single mother and beginning to drift away from school.

Before long, Michael is running with a tough local street gang, the Kingsmen, who christen him with the nickname "Youngblood".

Shortly after Michael joins the Kingsmen, they move from merely battling other similar street gangs to becoming involved in a full-scale war against a local cartel of drug dealers.

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