Paradox (2017)

2017 film by Wilson Yip

Released

17 August 2017

Country

People's Republic of China, Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Wilson Yip

Producer

Soi Cheang

Music

Chan Kwong-wing

Starring

Tony Jaa, Louis Koo, Wu Yue, Gordon Lam, Michelle Saram, Ken Lo, Hanna Chan

Running time

101 minutes

Set in

Hong Kong

Paradox (Chinese: 殺破狼・貪狼) is a 2017 neo-noir Hong Kong action film directed by Wilson Yip, co-produced by Soi Cheang, with action direction by Sammo Hung. Written by Jill Leung and Nick Cheuk, the film stars Louis Koo as a police inspector who travels to Pattaya to search for his teenage daughter and is aided by local detectives played by Tony Jaa and Wu Yue. Along the way, he encounters the mastermind of an organ trafficking gang (Chris Collins) who colludes with a local political aide (Gordon Lam), leading to a series of hot pursuit. Paradox is the third installment of the SPL film series, following the 2005 film, SPL: Sha Po Lang and 2015's SPL II: A Time for Consequences. The film was released in China on 17 August 2017 and in Hong Kong on 25 August 2017 and has grossed US$80.84 million worldwide against a budget of US$14.5 million.

More films directed by Wilson Yip

• SPL: Sha Po Lang 2005
• Dragon Tiger Gate 2006
• Flash Point 2007
• Ip Man 2008
• Ip Man 2 2010
• Ip Man 3 2015
• Ip Man 4: The Finale 2019

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q28019972 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.