Remembering Robin Shou

Ah Robin Shou... I remembered seeing him play heroic and villainous roles in Chinese movies. Being American-Chinese, it explains why he can speak better English than most of his fellow Chinese in the Hong Kong cinema industry. However he was a late bloomer in martial arts as he only started when he was 19 years old, he eventually studied Wushu rather than karate feeling that Chinese martial arts are more kick ass. He also fought against legendary actor Donnie Yen in Tiger Cage where he was the antagonist.

However when he moved to America for some action. He soon began part of the famed Mortal Kombat movies- where he was the protagonist Liu Kang. Perhaps his most epic fight scene had to be with Japanese actor Hiroyuki Tagawa who played the villain Shang Tsung who is now destined to play Heihachi Mishima for the Tekken movie. He later had lesser roles in other movies which probably his most popular as of late is as Gen in Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li.