Deckard Shaw is the unseen overarching antagonist in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, a minor, yet pivotal antagonist in Fast & Furious 6, the main antagonist of Furious 7, the tritagonist of The Fate of the Furious, one of the two titular protagonists of Hobbs & Shaw, and a cameo character in F9.
Deckard Shaw is a former British Special Forces soldier and MI6 agent, as well as the oldest brother of Owen and Hattie Shaw. He initially sought out to exact vengeance on Dominic Toretto and his crew for hospitalizing his brother, before becoming an occasional ally later on after it had transpired that both Dominic's crew and the Shaw brothers have common enemy in the terrorist mastermind Cipher. In addition, Deckard was a former brother-in-arms of Brixton Lore, a former MI6 agent turned super soldier for Eteon.
What makes him sympathetic?[]
- Has a sense of honor and values his family above all else.
- Displays deep care for his younger brother, Owen, to the point where he would stop fights and take punishments in his stead.
- For several years Deckard worked for the British military and his decisions often saved the lives of innocent people.
- He was betrayed by one of his brothers-in-arms, Brixton Lore, who killed Deckard's entire team and framed him for the murders. As a result, Deckard was hunted down by the British government.
- All of his villainous actions in the 7th movie were driven by his desire to avenge Owen, who was severely injured.
- In the 8th movie he teams up with Dom and his friends to defeat Cipher and redeems himself.
- Saves Dom's baby son and takes care for his security and comfort.
- Cares about his mother.
- Cares about his sister, Hattie, to the point where he risks his life to save her.
- Saves 50% of the human population by defeating Brixton Lore along with Hobbs.
- Even though he often has arguments with Hobbs and were mortal enemies in the past, it's clear that he still cares about him and is a friend to him.