Brixton Lore

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Brixton Lore
Alias	Black Superman Bad Guy Future of the Planet Necessary Shot to the System Human Evolutionary Change (all by himself) Terminator (by Lucas "Luke" Hobbs)
Origin	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Occupation	Rogue MI6 agent Terrorist
Powers / Skills	Cyber-genetic enhancements Superhuman strength and durability Threat level assessment Healing Martial arts Proficiency in handguns
Hobby	Researching the power of the Snowflake
Goals	Betray MI6 to steal Snowflake (succeeded). Improve his superhuman body (mostly failed). Frame Hattie Shaw for killing her own team (succeeded). War against Hobbs and Shaw (indirectly succeeded) Kill Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw (failed).
Crimes	Mass murder Terrorism Theft Treason Conspiracy Destruction Incrimination Attempted genocide Torture Treachery Kidnapping
Type of Villain	Genocidal Social Darwinist

“	Look at me. I'm Black Superman!	„
	~ Brixton's most famous quote.

“	I'm indeed the future of the planet. I'm the necessary shot to the system. I am human evolutionary change. Bulletproof. Superhuman.	„
	~ Brixton talks about his superhuman physiology.

Brixton Lore is the main antagonist of the 2019 film Hobbs & Shaw, which is a spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise.

He is a former MI6 agent who betrayed them to seek a viral biological weapon known as the Snowflake. His body was modified by Eteon, which gave him superhuman powers (hence his nickname "Black Superman") to be used as a tool by this organization to claim and unleash the Snowflake to kill most of humanity.

He was portrayed by Idris Elba, who also played Russell "Stringer" Bell in The Wire, The Commandant in Beasts of No Nation, William Roque in The Losers, Colin Evans in No Good Deed, Krall in Star Trek Beyond, Shere Khan in the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book and Macavity in Cats.

History

Background

Not much is known about Brixton's early life, other than that he had joined MI6 during his adulthood. He served alongside Deckard Shaw, where his worldview and perspective changed after countless missions. His apathy towards humanity and its actions caused him to be recruited by Eteon, who demanded that he recruit Deckard as well. However, when attempting to enlist his fellow agent, Deckard, under orders from MI6, put a bullet in Brixton's head, believing he had killed him.

However, Brixton survived the injury and his wounded body was recovered by Eteon, who implanted within him among other things, cybernetic and mechanical implants, optical and physical enhancements and prosthetic limbs, transforming Brixton into a super soldier. Brixton proceeded to follow Eteon's orders with loyalty, believing that Eteon's actions were paving the way to saving and steering humanity in the right direction. Brixton then assassinated Deckard's team and pinned the blame on him, forcing Deckard to become a fugitive and become a mercenary.

Hobbs & Shaw

Theft of the Snowflake

Eteon commissioned Professor Andreiko to create a pathogen capable of delivering vaccines. However, after the serum's completion, Eteon reprogrammed it into a virus, dubbed "The Snowflake", capable of eliminating half of the human population in 42 hours, those whom Eteon deemed weak. The Snowflake was also capable of contaminating people around the world within a week when it was airborne.

MI6 soon became aware of the Snowflake's existence but were unaware of who created it. After managing to track the Snowflake's position, the agency ordered a group of field agents to infiltrate the facility in London to obtain the virus, although with the added stipulation that they were to use electrical rounds on the mercenaries guarding the virus, in order to interrogate them afterwards. After subduing all of the men, agent Hattie Shaw was sent into the convoy to extract and secure the virus.

However, Eteon dispatched Brixton to assassinate the agents and retrieve The Snowflake. As Brixton murdered the other agents, Hattie took the opportunity to escape from the facility, although not before injecting herself with the virus. Using one of the agents' radios to impersonate him, Brixton informed MI6 that Hattie had attacked the other agents before fleeing with the virus. Brixton then warned his fellow soldiers to exercise caution when apprehending Hattie, and stressed the importance that Hattie should receive the brunt of the responsibility for their crimes.

Attack on the CIA London Black Site

Brixton managed to locate Hattie, discovering that she was being held at the CIA London Black Site. Brixton proceeded to break into the building, kidnapping Hattie and scaling out the window and down the building. Luke Hobbs and Deckard decided to work together to liberate Hattie. After defeating the soldiers, Hobbs jumped out the window, with Deckard using an external elevator. Hattie managed to attack Brixton and free herself, and as Brixton prepared to retaliate, Hobbs crashed into Brixton. Brixton then fought with Hobbs, although his cybernetic eyes were capable of tracking Hobbs' movements and countering them. Deckard then entered the fight, and the pair were surprised to see the other, Deckard having believed Brixton to be dead.

Deckard retrieved his McLaren 720S and, along with Hattie and Hobbs, attempted to flee Eteon's pursuit. Brixton was able to keep up with them using his custom motorbike, although Deckard tricked him into slamming into a bus. Despite being able to survive, his bike was disabled, forcing Brixton to temporarily abandon the chase and utter that there would now be war between them.

Brixton returned to Eteon Headquarters, where he spread false information on Hobbs and Deckard, blaming them for the attacks on the CIA London Black Site. The anonymous head of Eteon informed him that Hobbs and Deckard were to be apprehended alive, as Eteon wished to recruit them. Brixton attempted to remind them that Deckard had already refused once, but was forced to relent once he was threatened.

Brixton was then notified that Madam M had captured Hattie and was outside her facility with her bodyguards to deliver her. Brixton demanded to know whether Hobbs and Deckard were with her, and threatened to kill Madam M if she was lying. As Brixton escorted Hattie to the virus extracting machine in Eteon's Ukrainian bio-tech facility, he became angered when Hattie suggested that he was killing people and committing crimes for the sake of money, furiously telling her that the crimes he committed was for the greater good of humanity.

Brixton soon was notified that Hobbs and Deckard had infiltrated the building, and lay there in wait. After having the pair rendered unconscious, he electrocuted them several times, attempting to recruit them, and ultimately decided to kill them when they refused to join Eteon. However, his plans were impeded by Hattie's arrival, who had escaped her restraints and had held Brixton at gunpoint, as she overheard Brixton's gloating towards Deckard of framing him. Brixton gleefully informed Hattie that the guns would not work without fingerprint authorization, only for Professor Andreiko to burn him with a flamethrower. As Andreiko incinerated and killed the other soldiers, the Shaw siblings and Hobbs began their escape, prompting Brixton to snap Andreiko's neck, killing him, and pursue the trio on his motorbike.

Brixton landed on the back on the truck that the trio were using to escape. However, as Deckard and Hobbs had placed an explosive within the building, the facility began to self-destruct, causing tons of rubble to fall on them. As Brixton dueled with Deckard on the back of the truck, Hobbs commanded Hattie to drive the truck while he aided Deckard. Despite the duo not strong enough to defeat Brixton, the ensuing rubble fell on him and the vehicle; while Brixton survived along with Hattie, Deckard and Hobbs, the machine required to extract the virus was damaged during the chaos.

Battle of Samoa

Because the machine to extract the virus had been damaged, Deckard, Hattie and Hobbs traveled to Samoa to enlist the aid of Jonah Hobbs. Eteon managed to track their flight to Samoa, prompting Brixton and a handful of soldiers to travel there via helicopter. As Brixton and the Eteon soldiers approached the Hobbs residence, Hobbs gave a Samoan war cry along with his brothers, triggering the battle.

Since the extraction process took thirty minutes, Hattie sat out most of the battle, although she was forced to join when she was attacked by Eteon soldiers. While she succeeded in disarming a number of the soldiers, she was soon apprehended by Brixton, who kidnapped her and brought her to his helicopter, forcing Deckard, Hobbs and his brothers to attach their trucks to the helicopter to prevent it from taking off, causing it to crash. Hattie survived the crash, along with Brixton and one of the soldiers. Brixton ordered the lone soldier to empty his gun into Hattie's heart once she had successfully expelled The Snowflake, and left to subdue Hobbs and Deckard.

Final Battle and Death

Hobbs and Deckard fought Brixton, but they realized he was able to pinpoint their individual attacks and counter them, and Brixton was only able to be hit when they attacked at the same time. Deciding to truly work as a team, the duo announced that they would watch each other's backs and sustain a blow so that the other could attack Brixton, and managed to fight the super soldier, defeating him in combat while Deckard stole a gun from a dead soldier.

With only a few seconds left on the extracting machine's timer, Hattie attacked the soldier, rendering him unconscious. Hattie then recovered the vial containing the virus and rejoined Deckard and Hobbs. Due to Brixton's defeat, the anonymous head of Eteon chose to trigger the kill-switch embedded within Brixton's mind. Realizing what had been done, Brixton gravely let out a laugh before falling to his death off the cliff into the rapids below.

Personality

Brixton Lore was a very pitiless, brutal and sadistic individual. He possessed the "end justifies the means" personality. During his tenure as an MI6 agent, Brixton's experiences on countless horrific missions led him to adopt the perspective that humans were weak, and eventually embraced trans-humanism, believing that machines were the next step in the evolution's process. Brixton was ready to use his influence on the media to deliver false stories suitable for this agenda, and was ready to release the Snowflake to kill half of the human population in an attempt to eliminate those that Eteon had deemed weak and unworthy of surviving. Despite his willingness to commit numerous crimes, he became angry when the insinuation of financial gain was raised, furiously informing Hattie that he did not care about monetary desires. He is also rather polite even to his foes, calling Deckard "his friend", although it is only a facade. He knows full well that whatever he does was wrong when he told Hattie that he is a "bad guy".

Brixton also possessed a vindictive side, declaring that he would wage war on Hobbs and Deckard after their escape made him crash into a bus, and found joy while torturing Deckard that he had framed Deckard in the past and appreciated the fact that Hattie resented Deckard due to the lie he had cultivated. Even if he is decent to his underlings, he sees them as little more than disposable, pushing one of them of a helicopter, claiming he is giving him a day off. After his defeat at the hands of Hobbs and Deckard, Brixton discovered that Eteon had triggered a kill switch, which prompted him to laugh morosely and accept his fate.

Quotes

“	I'm indeed the future of the planet. I'm the necessary shot to the system. I am human evolutionary change. Bulletproof. Superhuman.	„
	~ Brixton on his enhancements.

“	Hattie Shaw: Who in the hell are you? Brixton Lore: Bad guy.	„
	~ Hattie Shaw and Brixton.

“	Hobbs and Shaw, you want a war? You've got one.	„
	~ Brixton publicly to Hobbs and Shaw.

“	Shaw's sister took something from me. A virus that could wipe out half the population. And I want it back.	„
	~ Brixton on why he's after Hattie.

“	You're not gonna shoot me, because you need an activation chip to fire that gun.	„
	~ Brixton to Hattie before the latter fires

“	Three shocks will kill a man.	„
	~ Brixton preparing to torture Hobbs and Shaw.

“	Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw. We have got unfinished business.	„
	~ Brixton holding onto his vendetta.

“	Come on!	„
	~ Brixton to Hobbs and Shaw, challenging them.

“	Must be hard being so... human.	„
	~ Brixton to Hobbs and Shaw in the final battle.

“	That's how it is. It's a helluva business, boys.	„
	~ Brixton to Hobbs and Shaw before being shut down by Eteon.

Gallery

Brixton's character poster.

Brixton on the films poster.

Brixton intercepts the MI6 mission led by Hattie Shaw.

Brixton attacks the CIA black site in London.

Brixton capturing Hattie, running down the side of building with his men.

Brixton during the bike chase.

Brixton declares war on Hobbs and Shaw after they evade him.

Brixton going through enhancements.

Brixton with a captured Hobbs and Shaw.

Brixton tells Hobbs and Shaw that he's "black superman".

Brixton getting on his bike.

Brixton vs. Hobbs and Shaw.

Brixton sees the Samoan defense.

Brixton in the helicopter.

Brixton challenges Hobbs and Shaw in the final fight.

Brixton's death.

Trivia

• The movie was released on the same year as Cats 2019 where Elba plays the main villain.
• For his famous line, Elba was originally suppose to say Brixton was "the Black James Bond", but the actor refused say it.
  • Elba has also been rumored to be the next James Bond, and would be the first African-British actor to play the character.
• Brixton Lore is the first genuinely superhuman villain in the Fast and the Furious franchise. Previous villains, while being able to accomplish incredible feats, were still normal humans without superpowers.
  • Brixton is one of the two darkest and most evil villains in the Fast and the Furious franchise, alongside Cipher.