94. Snake Plissken
Escape From New York
In a post-apocalyptic future (1997), crime runs rampant. To combat this, all prisoners are sent a maximum security prison that was once Manhattan. When the President's airplane crashes over it, he is captured by inmates. Former World War III Army Lieutenant Snake Plissken is given 24 hours to find him. If he does, he will be granted a full pardon from his life sentence.
Snake Plissken is what it would be like if scientists bred the ultimate movie badass: Clint Eastwood's raspy voice, Lee Marvin's nasty-ass attitude, Kurt Russell's charisma. Snake don't give a shit what you think of him because he will destroy you where you stand. Look at the picture above. Even his action figure is ripped and hardcore.
Not only is Snake a tough-as-nails badass, he influences other badasses, as well. If you're familiar with the Metal Gear Solid series, you might know that the protagonist is also known as Snake. In MGS2, Snake uses the alias of Iriquois Plissken and throughout the game is only referred to as "Snake" or "Plissken." Oh, also there's the whole Big Boss/MGS4-version Snake eyepatch thing.
Defining moment: He has a shit-eating smirk at the end of "Escape From New York" that is like the epitome of "I am better than you in every way." Bad. Ass.
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