“ | I wrecked her car. You remember her face? Huh? 'Cause I don't. The last time I saw it, it was burnin'. | „ |
~ Fenix Calderon to Dominic Torreto about the supposed murder of Letty Ortiz. |
Fenix Calderon is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Owen Shaw) of The Fast and the Furious franchise.
He is a drug trafficker and the right-hand man of Arturo Braga (who went by the name Ramon Campos), the leader of a drug cartel in Mexico that ran heroin across the Mexico-US border. Fenix also comes very close to killing Letty Ortiz and Brian O' Connor, making him a personal enemy to Dominic Toretto, the brother and brother-in-law of the two respectively.
He is portrayed by Laz Alonso.
Biography[]
Fast & Furious[]
Arturo Braga (disguised as Ramon Campos) would hire drivers to run heroin under the US-Mexican Border, with Fenix Calderon as the leader. Once the delivery was complete, however, Fenix and his fellow henchmen would kill all of the drivers on the orders of Braga. Letty was one such driver who was working undercover for Brian O'Connor. She did, however, manage to escape in her car as she realized that Fenix was going to murder the team. However, Fenix chases her and crashes into her car, flipping it over. As Letty lies injured, Fenix approaches her with the intention of shooting her. However, he chooses to shoot the gas tank and Letty is thrown into the underbrush where Fenix leaves her for dead. However, she survives, albeit with amnesia, and later becomes a member of Owen Shaw's team.
In a chase through the tunnels, he T-boned Brian O'Connor's car, causing him to crash. When Brian crawls out of the car, Fenix kicks him a few times and is about to shoot him but Dom comes out of the tunnel and T-bones him, using a Chevrolet Camaro F-Bomb, killing him.
Fast & Furious 6[]
Fenix's actions are the cause of several events in the sixth instalment. Fenix appears in a chain of flashbacks when Braga tells Brian how Letty survived the crash. His actions on the night are shown, as he leaves his vehicle after crashing into Letty's. He strolls down the street with a smirk on his face as Letty tries to escape and then opens fire with her car going up in flames.
Furious 7[]
Fenix briefly appears in a flashback when Letty relives the incident that caused her to lose her memory. His actions once again play a pivotal part in Letty's arc while the gang faces the threat of Deckard Shaw and Mose Jakande.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Arturo Braga - Former Boss
- Dwight Mueller
Enemies[]
- Dominic Toretto's crew
- Dominic Toretto - Archenemy and Killer
- Brian O'Conner - Attempted Victim
- Mia Toretto
- Letty Ortiz - Victim (indirectly)
- Gisele Yashar - Former Associate
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Trivia[]
- Although Fenix is Braga's right hand man and two of his three appearances are flashbacks, he harms the series' protagonists enough to make him the franchise's secondary antagonist. His actions alone are the cause of several events in the future instalments. Furthermore, he was a far more serious and direct threat to the protagonists than with Arturo Braga, who is the latter's boss.
- Fenix is one of few live-action antagonists who appear to have a bigger impact on the overall story than their boss, therefore serving a bigger purpose throughout the cause of the franchise.
- His car of choice is the 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport.
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