The first villain within the franchise wasn’t some supervillain mastermind or some infamous killer, it was Johnny Tran (Rick Yune), some dude who ran a rival race crew as a freeway truck robber, creating some critical competitors for Dom Toretto. What makes Tran memorable, nevertheless, is that he has a cause to hate Dom. We get a way of their lengthy historical past of competitors within the movie. Plus, Tran has a cause to hate Brian, having been ratted out to the cops, main SWAT to his residence and his household. Even on a small scale, he’s a compelling villain who we hate as a result of we really feel the hate he feels for the heroes.
On the opposite hand, the subsequent villain within the franchise is Carter Verone (Cole Hauser, seen above in “2 Fast 2 Furious)), some generic drug lord Brian helps bring down in Miami. When it comes down to it, Verone is no different from Arturo Braga (John Ortiz in “Fast & Furious”)) or even Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida in “Fast Five”)), two different large criminals who do not actually give a crap concerning the household till they begin messing up with their earnings. Even then, they simply deal with them as a nuisance relatively than sworn enemies.
The worst villains — those who merely disappear within the over-the-top stunts, the Coronas and barbecues, and the numerous twists and turns of the plots of those motion pictures — are those who care extra about their very own private advantages relatively than having a deep-rooted thirst for vengeance in opposition to the principle characters. Even Cipher, who kills Elena Neves (the mom of Dom’s little one) and briefly turns Dom to the darkish aspect, would not actually care about him or the group. She solely desires Dom as a result of he’s expert, and he or she solely threatens to kill the fambly to maintain him below management. There aren’t any private stakes for Cipher. On the opposite, she would not care, she is chilly and indifferent.