Agent Jack Burns

Jack Burns is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Shatter) turned anti-hero of the 2018 science fiction film Bumblebee. He is the head of Sector 7, a villainous security division, and he plots with The Decepticons to hunt Bumblebee down and he is bent on destroying Russia for peace and security.

history
He is the corrupt head and commander of Sector 7, who plans to hunt down Optimus Prime and his allies so he can claim their base. Later, Shatter arrives in one of his bases and offers to aid his scheme and help him destroy Bumblebee and The Autobots. He manipulates the army and The Decepticons in order to get The Decepticons themselves to start a war against The Russians for him and defeat them once and for all. He manages to convince his superiors that The Decepticons should be aiding them against the autobots. He later tried to capture Optimus, Charlie and Memo. Memo was captured, however, Bumblebee escaped with Charlie. He, his soldiers and his Decepticon warriors have chased Bumblebee, and they shot him, and took him to his base. He captures Optimus and takes Charlie back home, where he lies to her parents and convinces them that Bumblebee is dangerous and that she misunderstood the situation. Later, Charlie decided to rescue Bumblebee. Jack tried to capture Charlie and kill her, so she won't disturb him. However, Bumblebee saved her from being killed, and the two escaped by car. Jack chased them with his own geep, but he did not manage to kill them. He then tried to recapture Bumblebee with a helicopter, but Bumblebee destroyed the helicopter. Bumblebee however did save Jack Burns from falling to his death, thus giving him another chance. Jack redeemed himself and saluted to Optimus for saving his life.

Personality
Jack Burns was at first cruel, cunning and manipulative as he wanted to use The Decepticons for his own benefit and kill The Autobots at all costs. However, despite being a brutal person, Jack wanted to do all this to secure the world from Russia and he misunderstood Bumblebee, as he did not realize that he would later save his life.

Trivia

 * Despite being one of the two main villains of the film, as well as the central antagonist for being a direct threat and driving the film's plot, he rather misunderstood the purposes of Bumblebee and he only wanted to secure the world, rather than to conquer it.