10 Hollywood Badasses Who Could Stop A British Zombie Outbreak

10. Kurt Russell

Let’s get this out of the way first: yes, Nation Of The Dead is basically Escape From New York with zombies, and Kyle “The Cobra” Cobretti is Snake Plissken by another name. Not considering Kurt Russell seems like an insult.

When it comes to jumping into hot spots at a moment’s notice, Russell’s done it not once, but twice (albeit with diminishing returns) for John Carpenter. Then again, he said he was through being an action hero after Soldier, so when he appeared in Poseidon, Death Proof and Furious Seven, he was usually part of an ensemble, playing a character who didn’t fare too well.

There’s still a role in Nation Of The Dead for him, though. He gets the “Morgan Freeman role”, playing the boss who recruits Cobretti and sends him/her on the mission. To ensure his soldier doesn’t abort the mission, Russell injects two microscopic explosives into Cobretti’s neck that will detonate in 24 hours. Then he looks Cobretti in the eye and says, “How do you like it?”