Movie Settings Database

The Owl vs Bombo

Where:

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

When:

The 1980s

Sammo (Bumbo) and George Lam (Owl) are partners in crime and they scam some triad big shot out of a load of money and decide to retire. Three years later they both receive letters from Stanley Fung, in which he informs them that he has proof of all their criminal activity and unless they do exactly what he says–he will turn it over to the cops. Fung is an ex-cop himself and is trying to get the goods on the same triad leader that Sammo and George scammed.

Released in 1984 — 99 minutes

Genre:

Comedy

Language:

Cantonese