Stand Behind the Yellow Line
Director: Billy Chan
Year: 1997
Rating: 5.0
I never did figure
out what the yellow line signifies in the title, but it was difficult trying
to stay very interested in this film. Two buddies take their martial art
instructor friend (Nicky Wu) to a bordello for his birthday. He is not too
thrilled with this, but goes along and ends up with Annie Wu (First Strike)
who is doing this for the first time. The police raid the joint and the two
of them escape to his house.
Romance blooms as it always seems to in
these situations, but the Triad boss (Francis Ng) is looking for his merchandise.
Eventually the hero has to fight the Triad to keep his girl. Nothing here
to hold the viewers interest with possibly the exception of Annie Wu. Not
that she can act or has any reason to in this film, but her slightly out of
kilter face and crooked smile and big ears is quite fetching and kept me
from hitting the eject button.
