James Savoy is the major antagonist of the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction. He is the (kind of) the general in Cemetery Wind.
History[]
Sometime, after the events in Dark Of The Moon, His sister was lost in Chicago after the Battle. His sister could've died during the battle, much to his dismay. Because of this, he had revenge, and joined the Cemetery Wind.
Not all of the humans emerged from the Autobot-Decepticon war on Earth with a happy ending. Having lost a sister during the Battle of Chicago five years prior, James Savoy joined Cemetery Wind, a faction within the CIA led by Harold Attinger which seeks to eradicate all Transformers, be it Autobot or Decepticon. Savoy acts as the ruthless field commander and the eyes and ears of director Attinger, and will not hesitate to pull the trigger on civilians to get his job done, be they alien or human. The death of his sister has led to him taking an almost gleeful joy in his work, and pretty much the only person he won't condescend or threaten is Attinger himself.
Savoy now prepares the mission to find an autobot in an abandoned ships. The Cemetery Wind forces attempt to prepare the mission as well. And so on, the field commander James Savoy checking the cameras to search Ratchet, and the other forces are going to the ships in order to fire Ratchet. Savoy tries to concentrate at the camera drones, soon realizing that he has found an Autobot hiding in the funnel.
After detonating a bomb, Savoy alerted the forces, and then the funnel explodes, injuring Ratchet and firing at him. Soon after, Ratchet loses his right leg and gets surrounded by the forces. Savoy asks him why he is running. Ratchet informed him that Optimus sent the message to hide all of the Autobots, and that all robots are in danger. Savoy now reveals he lost his sister in Chicago and tells him that he will get no sympathy.
Lockdown shoots Ratchet, and the forces fire at Ratchet, including James Savoy. Soon after, he is killed. Savoy is now impressed hunting down his first robot.
Pretty much later, Savoy attempts to shoot Cade Yeager while still in the elevator. Joshua attempted to close the elevator that is not working. But Cade was forced to run away from Savoy in order to avoid to shoot. Cade tried to run away from Savoy, but was being pushed by him, and fell, causing the pistol to fall off. Cade ran again, but this time it's on the top of the buildings. Cade tried to get away. As soon as he threw an object to Savoy, he then tried his way to jump, until Cade fell 2 times, then he shouted "That's a long way down!" Savoy stomps an object in order to kill Cade, but then he's forced to fall down, slightly injuring Cade. Savoy informs Cade, that he is about to come with him.. Savoy then pushes Cade into the glass, surprising people. Savoy throws to Cade, punching several times. Then Cade punched Savoy, grabbed him and bashed him into the wall, until Savoy grabs an object and hits Cade, painfully. Then Cade pushes Savoy, crashing into the furniture. Cade punches, but Savoy merely dodged the punch and pushes Cade again, groaning, Cade grapples Savoy, jams his thumb to his right eye, and Cade barely free and headbutts Savoy, throws him and painfully attacking him.
Final attempt. Cade sees a rugby football, only to realize he is in front of Savoy. Savoy informed to Cade that all of people had family. Savoy then pulls out a dagger in an attempt to stab Cade. But to realize, he got thrown and hit by a rugby football on his head, briefly stunning him. Finally, Cade pushes Savoy to the window, merely screaming and brutally killing him. Savoy is now deceased. And finally, his corpse was sucked by Lockdown’s ship when using the giant magnet and was devoured by his henchman, meeting his ultimate end.
Trivia[]
- Savoy is considered as the human counterpart of Cyclonus from the 1986 animated film.
- His fight with Cade Yeager is similar to Optimus Prime fighting Megatron from the animated film and his death is similar to Galvatron where both got thrown by the protagonists to their doom. Although Galvatron survived the fall in the second episode of Season 3, Savoy fell to his death.
- Savoy is the first human to be devoured by Transformers as his corpse was sucked by Lockdown’s ship and devoured offscreen.
- Peter Cullen and Mark Wahlberg hated working with Kelsey Grammer and Titus Welliver on the film. Because of this, Grammer and Welliver are the most hated actors by fans and were expelled from the franchise.