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Who is the actor in the first fight with Liu?


The actor with braids that fought Liu with the staff is nowhere to be found.

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I remember seeing him on a karate show called WMAC Masters that didn't last long but then yeah, dropped off the face of the Earth.

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The actor is Hakim Alston, known as Hakeem "the Machine" in WMAC Masters. I am surprised he was not credited in Mortal Kombat!

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But he IS credited, as Fighting monk.

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I think it's Cyrax before he turned into robot. They always picture him as a black dude with dreadlocks.

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The actor with the braids is in the terrible movie Shootfighter which came out at around the same time. He get's choked to death with his own dreadlocks.

The fight scenes in that movie are actually pretty enjoyable and some of them are ridiculously violent and gory. One guys gets a hole punched in his chest and his heart ripped out!

The movie's also got Bolo from Bloodsport (this time as a good guy) and the main bully and his instructor from The Karate Kid.

It's a 'so bad it's good' kind of movie. Worth watching for a laugh at some of the worst acting a dialogue in movie history and for the ridiculous fight scenes.

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I'll have to check it out.

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An interesting fact: Hakim Alston also played Jax in the martial art theatrical stage show Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour in 1995.

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Hakim Alston. He also coordinated a few of the fight sequences.

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