Every Main Fast & Furious Villain Ranked From Worst To Best

10. Cipher - The Fate Of The Furious

Cipher is positioned by both The Fate of the Furious and F9 as the most dangerous villain that the family has ever encountered. She is an ingenious hacker and master of manipulation who murders Dom's ex-girlfriend Elena Neves in cold blood and is seemingly unstoppable in the grand scheme of things.

She is a potentially interesting character and has some engaging interactions with Dominic Toretto across Fate of the Furious' runtime, but the character is let down by Charlize Theron's performance. While the Academy Award winner is clearly a talented actress, Theron is completely miscast in the role, delivering every line with unnecessary fervour and not coming across as threatening whatsoever. While it makes sense in theory for an antagonist to be portrayed in an over the top manner, Theron's approach to that method is misguided and makes most of her scenes feel overlong and slightly embarrassing.

The character itself suffers from the more conventional approach that director F. Gary Gray took with the franchise, feeling more like a villain in a Marvel film than a typical Fast and Furious antagonist. Her work in F9 is a little better but she's still a misstep in a series with so many high points.