'Escape From New York'

The main character is snake bliskin, who's a former military man. He detests the world as it has turned out to be. And he's offered a pirate pardon if he can retrieve a remote control that controls a satellite based weapon system. This weapon can blast targeted regions with an electromagnetic pulse strong enough to disable electrical systems. The dictator of the united states plans on using the weapon on his various enemies around the world,. kind of setting him on a path for world domination.