Awards and festivals

Film description

Tough Hong Kong cop Lee goes to Pattaya, famous seaside city in Thailand, looking for his missing daughter Chi. Thai Chinese police officer Chui Kit lets him join the investigation, having no idea that Lee is going to use any method to hunt for clues. A blurry short clip showing in the background that Chi is being captured into one of the police cars is uploaded to the website, but subsequently deleted. Lee does not have anything to lose, but as Chui Kit and his colleague get closer to the truth, they will have to pay high price for their diligence and make hard choices as the mastermind behind the scene is not someone they can deal with...

"Paradox" is a continuation of "SPL" series ("Kill Zone" 2005, 2015), which was director Wilson Yip's big commercial success, starring Hong Kong action cinema legends Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung in the original film and Tony Jaa, Wu Jing in the sequel. The series explore the way the characters’ fates are interconnected, although their life values and perspectives differ. The casts were given freedom to interpret their roles and modify their performance, completing greatly choreographed action scenes with dramatic depth, resulting in Louis Koo being awarded Best Actor at 2018 Asian Film Awards.  

Maja Korbecka