James Savoy

"I lost a sister in Chicago, you have no sympathy for me!"

- Savoy to Ratchet for his sister's death in Chicago.

"LONG WAY DOWN!"

- Savoy to Cade during their fight

James Savoy was the quaternary antagonist of Transformers: Age of Extinction.

He was portrayed by 'Titus Welliver. '

Biography
He was the right-hand man of Harold Attinger and the leader of a CIA black ops unit known as the Cemetery Wind to capture Cade Yeager, his daughter, Tessa and Shane and kill all Transformers. He wants to kill Optimus Prime and all the other Autobots, even the Decepticons since his sister was killed in the battle of Chicago.

At the climax of the film, he engages in a fight with Cade where they are punching each other in a building in Hong Kong. He loses the fight when he pulls out a knife to kill Cade, but instead Cade throws a football at his head and pushes him out of the window, causing Savoy to fall to his death, breaking his spine, killing him and put an end of his wrath for good as well as avenging the Autobots he had killed.

Personality
Savoy was a loyal right-hand man to Attinger, who held the grudge against Cybertronians, whether good ones (mostly Autobots) or evil (mostly Decepticon). Perhaps since the death of his sister in Chicago at the hands of Sentinel Prime and Decepticon army, it was implied that he has gone insane since then. Due to her death, he has become wrathful, ruthless and highly sadistic, taking enjoyment out of inflicting the suffering and pain toward the helpless Cybertronians and humans alike, like he did to Ratchet and Tessa (which forced Optimus Prime out of hiding). Even before his death, James himself had been twisted into somewhat thinking that Cade, along with his Autobot allies and his family, mocking him over his sister's death as he went on the blind fury with his knife to stab Cade when Cade tries to reason with him for the final time before being forced to send him to his death. This might be the reason why Attinger appointed him as his right-hand man, though his homicidal wrath eventually led to his death at the hands of Cade at the last moment during their final fight.

In the lesser extent, Savoy can also be considered an anti-villain due to the fact that he clearly loved his sister, something which made him hold a deep hatred towards Cybertronians in his crippled heart.

Trivia

 * Savoy is very similar to Gregory Swofford & Mark Morgan from the 3rd season finale of G1 Transformers, as both bore a grudge on Cybertronians regardless of factions for what they did to them & deeply care for someone they love. Unlike both of them however, Savoy is far more darker & less redeemable.
 * In addition, compared to them, Savoy himself is possesses more Yangire-like qualities judging from his violent side either when threatened Tessa or attempt to slashes his blade in blind fury toward Cade which forced the latter to send him to his death before he had a chance to do so.
 * Although not quite a Complete Monster, he has a Freudian Excuse for wanting to hunt Transformers in light of his sister's death. Savoy's attempted murder of Cade and Tessa as well as assisting in the murder of many Autobots and Decepticons alike resulted in his crossing of the Moral Event Horizon.
 * Savoy appears to be loosely based on Spike Witwicky in the IDW Transformers comics, though things that they only share in common are their savagery and personality.