Top 10 Characters Who'd Survive A Zombie Outbreak

Max Rockatansky in the Mad Max series

In a zombie apocalypse, Max would not only survive but utterly flourish. This is a man who loses everything, and with nothing left he becomes an emotionless killing machine who never baulks from doing what he needs to do. Especially if Max wandered the post-apocalyptic landscapes with his dog, and had his V8 Interceptor... Holy shit, the zombies would never get to him.

The Mad Max movies have proven that Max is resourceful and has the strength and resilience to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, even if it's overrun by madmen with weapons. Zombies who have no weapons, and wander around like morons? Target practise for Max!

Albert Johnson in Death Hunt

Death Hunt is one of those incredibly badass motion pictures that you just have to keep revisiting. The imagery is so beautiful, the violence so brutal and to-the-point, and Charles Bronson's Albert Johnson is fucking badass to his very core. Johnson is an outdoorsman at heart, as we find him living off the land and residing in a humble wood cabin. Luxuries like electronics? Ha! Johnson has no need for that shit. Within days of a zombie outbreak, he'd have his own set-up with traps aplenty and many forms of early warning systems, and about 100 escape routes. And boy can he improvise!

Johnson is a man who just wants to be left alone, which makes him perfect in a zombie outbreak. He wouldn't be in some community making decisions with a few pissants; he'd be by himself, making his own choices, and killing anyone & anything he encounters. Hell, he'd probably be known as the boogeyman to the zombies.

John J. Rambo in the Rambo series

You know what sucks about zombie movies? We never see military men like fucking Rambo dealing with an outbreak. With men like Rambo on the planet, the zombies would fucking lose, and quickly.

Give Rambo an unlimited supply of guns, and he's God. He would clean out America of zombies in a matter of days. Imagine guns coupled with his bow & arrow with a decent supply of ammo. Holy shit. But even without a firearm, Rambo is a resourceful dude. He's an expert in guerilla warfare who can set traps, live off the most horrid food sources known to man, use knives & machetes to kill zombies, and make his own spears from tree branches. He can live high in the trees and kill zombies from afar. He can hide himself and mask his scent - the zombies would never know where he is! The jungle is Rambo's home, his domain, his territory. He would slaughter them without mercy. And he has no need for sidekicks to slow him down. He's the perfect one-man zombie killing machine.

Major Dutch Schaefer in Predator

Dutch single-handedly battled and took down an alien equipped with advanced weaponry and other fancy tech. And he did it without using rifles or machine guns. He used his own ingenuity based on his outdoor skill. Put Dutch against a few hundred zombies, he'd take them down, no problem, and then ask if there's anymore.

Like Rambo, Dutch is a man who knows the beauty of camouflage. He'd be able to hide where he cannot be seen, heard or smelt. And this is to say nothing of his skills with firearms. With a decent armoury at his disposal, he'd be unstoppable.

Sergeant Bob Barnes in Platoon

Sgt. Barnes has a zero tolerance policy on stupid bullshit. If one of his companions got bit and was about to turn into a zombie, even if there was a chance they wouldn't turn, Barnes would shoot that motherfucker in the head and burn the body. He's ruthless, and, being a military man, he lives for the outdoors.

Yeah, Charlie Sheen kills him, but without the rules of society weighing him down, Barnes would be killing any dumbass pissant standing in his way. And you know what? If people didn't like him doing that, they'd probably still want to stick with him because he knows his shit and they would survive under his watch.

Snake Plissken in Escape From New York/L.A.

This is easily Kurt Russell's finest character. Plissken is a major fucking badass, and he cares so little about the world around him - and is so fed up with political correctness bullshit - that he'd probably be happy with a zombie outbreak. Constantly on the move and on high alert, no walking dead would be able to bring Plissken down. He'd slaughter an entire herd before smoking a cigarette on top of their corpses.

Ash in the Evil Dead series

Yeah... Ash would kick ass in a zombie outbreak. The Deadites in the Evil Dead series were basically zombies, and Ash kills the lot of them. Especially after becoming so seasoned in Army of Darkness, Ash would be freaking unstoppable with his boomstick and a chainsaw.

I'd definitely want Ash on my side during a zombie apocalypse.

Marv in Sin City

Dwight McCarthy even says that Marv exists in the wrong era, and he'd be right at home as a gladiator in medieval times. This is pretty accurate. Marv is a goddamn ruthless killing machine. He's very handy with a gun, but his sheer strength is also something to behold. Any object becomes a lethal weapon when wielded by Marv; he could take down hundreds of zombies with a piece of metal pipe, smashing their heads open with seemingly little effort.

Even if a zombie caught him, it'd probably have trouble biting through his skin before Marv punches its fucking face in.

Frank Castle/The Punisher in The Punisher

A seasoned Punisher would be truly unstoppable against a horde of zombies. He has military experience which would definitely serve him well, he keeps in superb shape, and he has trained himself as The Punisher to be one bad motherfucker.

Like many other entries on the list, he's deadly with a weapon but also fairly resourceful. It would not take him any time at all to set up a fortified hideout in an urban environment, complete with some armoured vehicles to assist with moving around. Frank would be able to handle himself very well in such a situation.

John Wick in John Wick

John Wick once killed three guys in a bar...with a pencil. A freaking pencil. He's not the boogeyman - he's the guy you send to kill the boogeyman. In a zombie outbreak, Wick would be quick to round up all of his wonderful little toys and head off on a zombie killing spree. Even if Wick was cornered, he'd be able to crack some skulls open and make his way out of there.