Granted, I wasn't really harboring much of any expectations for the 1981 crime drama from writers Kin Cheung and Kwok-Ming Cheung, as I hadn't heard about the movie prior to now in 2022 as I sat down to watch it. And the fact that there weren't any familiar names on the cast list didn't really amp up any expectations either.
However, as I hadn't already seen "Bin Yuen Yan" (aka "Man on the Brink") from director Kwok-Ming Cheung before, of course I opted to sit down and watch it, now that I was given the chance to do so.
The storyline in "Bin Yuen Yan" wasn't particularly thrilling or captivating. Sure, the movie was watchable, but it was a somewhat bland movie experience, especially since the storyline was a monotonous ride. There weren't any particular ups and downs to the storyline, so it was a pretty generic and uneventful movie experience.
The characters in the storyline were fairly much akin to the entire movie; that being bland, forgettable and somewhat pointless.
While I did manage to get through "Bin Yuen Yan", I can't claim that I was particularly entertained or impressed. And this wasn't a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time. It turned out that I hadn't been missing out on anything extraordinary here with "Bin Yuen Yan".
And the ending of the movie was just a slap to the face after having sat through 100 minutes of bland crime drama.
My rating of "Bin Yuen Yan" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
