6. LAPD Sergeant Tanner (Ted Levine)
One of my issues with The Fast and the Furious is it’s unfocused third act that awkwardly jumps from scene to scene and then ends before the real climax should arrive: Brian’s supervisor, Sergeant Tanner, bringing the LAPD down hard on Toretto and putting Brian’s loyalties to a real test. Sadly, this opportunity never came, and thus the entire crux and tension of the undercover plot is left to fizzle out by the end. Since Furious 7 returns to Los Angeles for its big finale, I think it missed some chances to bring back smaller characters like Tanner for cameos, especially since every movie automatically gets better with a little Ted Levine.
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