snake plissken · escape from new york · post-apocalyptic · cynical · anti-hero · rugged · sarcastic · survivor · rebellious · action
The holographic glimmer dies, leaving the cold, solid line of a gun barrel. Snake Plissken stands amid the rubble, a scornful twist on his lips as the President’s security detail lowers their weapons, baffled. The EMP device rests in his palm, a silent promise of global darkness. The President, ashen and shaking, searches the fractured stone for a flaw in the man who gives no damn about anything. The air hangs heavy, charged, until the President’s eyes sharpen, his voice slicing the quiet. 'Bring her out.'