Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)

Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought to TV. He is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former ... See full summary »

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writer:

David S. Goyer (as David Goyer)

Stars:

David Hasselhoff, Lisa Rinna, Sandra Hess

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Hasselhoff	...	Colonel Nick Fury
Lisa Rinna	...	Contessa Valentina 'Val' de Allegro Fontaine
Sandra Hess	...	Andrea Von Strucker / Viper
Neil Roberts	...	Alexander Goodwin Pierce
Garry Chalk	...	Timothy Dugan
Tracy Waterhouse	...	Kate Neville
Tom McBeath	...	Director General Jack Pincer
Ron Canada	...	Gabriel Jones
Bill Croft	...	Garotte
Roger Cross	...	Shield Agent #1 (as Roger R. Cross)
Peter Haworth	...	Dr. Arnim Zola
Scott Heindl	...	Werner Von Strucker
Adrian G. Griffiths	...	Quartermain (as Adrian Hughes)
Campbell Lane	...	Baron Von Strucker
Mina E. Mina	...	Cairo (as Mina Erian Mina)

Storyline

Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought to TV. He is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America. The covert agency SHIELD brings Fury out of retirement to fight the terrorists.

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Plot Keywords:

time bomb | fight | terrorist | s.h.i.e.l.d. | yukon | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fury Productions Limited Partnership, National Studios Inc., 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 90 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Marvel's first attempt at an Agents of Shield TV show. The next one would be very successful. In Marvel's Agents of Shield (2013- ) Starting Clark and Chloe Bennet and is now in its sixth season.

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Quotes

Nick Fury: [Fury has been injected with deadly Columbian tree frog poison] Brilliant. How long do I have before Kermit bites me the big one?

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: The Amazing Bulk (2016)

User Reviews

Not a bad movie

I've never been a big fan of superhero comics, but I still try to keep an open mind about them. I have read very little but still enough about Nick Fury, and I must say that they could have made a worse choice then to let Hasslehoff play the title role. If you haven't read any of the comics you will miss out on some of the stuff in the movie, but considering it is mainly one-liners to empathize how bad of an ass Fury is it's not much. The dialog feels pretty tame, as if the script writers were on a very limited time and had to come up with something quick. But the actors does a good job to take it all serious, can't blame the actors for a bad script. There are, of course, plot holes or just unrealistic stupidity with the plot. I think most people want more from a villain then just "Oh I'm going to terrorize the world with my global terrorist organization because I am evil! Did I also mention terrorism?" which is all background story we are handed over about the bad guys in this movie.

However, I would like to point out that Sandra Hess as the crazy evil lady villain is damn sexy and should have gone for a career of fascist sexploitation films instead, and watching this movie is worth it for her alone.