Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writer (WGA):

David S. Goyer (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought to TV. He is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling...

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Neo Nazism | Marvel Comics | Telepathy | Post Cold War

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Colonel Nicholas 'Nick' Joseph Fury
Lisa Rinna	...	Contessa Valentina 'Val' de Allegro Fontaine
Sandra Hess	...	Andrea Von Strucker / 'Viper'
Neil Roberts	...	Alexander Goodwin Pierce
Gary Chalk	...	Timothy Aloysius 'Dum-Dum' Dugan (as Garry Chalk)
Tracy Waterhouse	...	Kate Neville
Tom McBeath	...	Director General Jack Pincer
Ron Canada	...	Gabriel Jones
Bill Croft	...	Garotte, Werner's Henchman
Roger R. Cross	...	Shield Agent #1
Peter Haworth	...	Arnim Zola
Scott Heindl	...	Werner Von Strucker
Adrian Hughes	...	Clay Quartermain
Campbell Lane	...	Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker
Stellina Rusich	...	Inspector Gail Runciter

Also Known As:

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

120 min | 90 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:MG6

Filming Locations:

Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Pierce mentions he trained at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Kirby Academy, a reference to comic book artist Jack Kirby.

Quotes:

Nick Fury: [to Viper] I danced on your poisonous father's grave. I'll dance on your grave too, sweetness.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

It would have made a great series.

Truthfully, for a made for TV movie, it was actually pretty good. I liked the actors playing the subordinate roles. The special effects were passable since this was not a full feature film. The only problem I had was that the actress playing Viper was way, way too hammy. As for David Hasselhoff (beside the fact that it was David Hasselhoff, which I overlooked), I thought he really looked the part of a retired Nick Fury. He captured the Nick Fury mannerisms pretty well. Too bad the audience didn't give him the pass that were given to other actors from bad series (cough, Smallville, cough). I would have really liked a series made of Nick Fury. If the critics were as harsh on the Star Trek series as they were on this movie, Star Trek would never have survived. And most of the early episodes in each of the Star Trek series were far worse than this movie. Give this movie a break. We all missed out on seeing Nick Fury every week. Which is a shame because it would have only gotten better!