Forty years ago, John Carpenter hit the character name gold mine when he bestowed the hero of “Escape from New York” with the handle “Snake Plissken”. Carpenter’s always been an ace at names (e.g. Michael Myers, R.J. MacCready, and Jack Burton), but this is unquestionably his moniker “Mona Lisa”. Snake stands tall in the pantheon of great action hero names, though he has some stiff competition. Here are twenty-five of the roughest, toughest, and most unusual. To qualify, the character must have been created for the screen. So no John T. Chance, John McClane, or John Rambo. There is one John though. Have a look!