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Johannes "Joe" Taslim (born on June 23, 1981, in Palembang, South Sumatra), is an Indonesian actor and martial artist of Chinese descent. A member of the Indonesia Judo national team from 1997 to 2009, Taslim is best known for his breakthrough role as "Jaka" in the critically acclaimed The Raid (2011). Later going on to play "Jah" in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), which marked his first role in a film outside Indonesia. From a young age, he studied various martial arts such as wushu, taekwondo, pencak silat, and judo, eventually choosing to focus on judo. Taslim was a member of Indonesia's national judo team from 1997 to 2009, achieving numerous accolades, including a gold medal at the 2008 National Sports Week and a silver medal at the 2007 SEA Games. After retiring from judo, Taslim transitioned to acting and gained international recognition through his role as Sergeant Jaka in the film The Raid (2011). This success led to roles in Hollywood films such as Fast & Furious 6 (2013) as Jah, Star Trek Beyond (2016) as Manas, and Mortal Kombat (2021) as Sub-Zero. He also starred in the television series Warrior as Li Yong. With his strong martial arts background and impressive acting skills, Joe Taslim has become one of the few Indonesian actors to successfully break into the international film industry.
It is in the laws that the Elder Gods put in place for the universe that a realm must win 10 consecutive Mortal Kombat tortuments to conquer the losing realm. Furious after losing the chance to conquer Earthealm after Outworld's Mortal Kombat winning streak was cut short at 9, Shao Khan and Shang Teung have devised a plan to conquer Earthrealm without engaging in Mortal Kombat. He will reserect his dead wife, Sindel in Earthrealm. Fostering an opportunity to get into Earthrealm and destroy it without incurring the wrath of the Elder Gods. It is up to Raiden to assemble the kombatants at put an end to Shao Khan's plan of revenge. Also the lin kuei have a plan to become more efficent acalled the Cyber Initative. Te new Sub Zero, Kuai Liang is highly suspicious of this plan to replace flesh with metal.
