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Genre
  
Action, Sci-Fi

Duration
  

Language
  
English

3.8/10
IMDb

Director
  
Rod Hardy

Screenplay
  
David S. Goyer

Writer
  
David S. Goyer

Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD (film) movie poster

Release date
  
May 26, 1998

Music director
  
Kevin Kiner, Gary Lionelli

Cast
  
David Hasselhoff
(Colonel Nicholas 'Nick' Joseph Fury),
Lisa Rinna
(Countessa Valentina 'Val' de Allegro Fontaine),
Sandra Hess
(Andrea Von Strucker / Viper),
Neil Roberts
(Alexander Goodwin Pierce)

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Stan Lee wrote the story for Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD and appears in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Tagline
  
The Last Superhero!

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television film based on the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1998 on Fox. Directed by Rod Hardy, the film stars David Hasselhoff as Fury, a retired super spy who is approached to return to duty to take down the terrorist organization HYDRA, who threaten to attack Manhattan with a pathogen they have reconstituted known as the Death's Head virus. Lisa Rinna plays Contessa Valentina "Val" Allegra de Fontaine, and Sandra Hess plays Andrea von Strucker / Viper. It was released on DVD on September 30, 2008.

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Plot

Nick Fury, retired, is approached to return to duty to take down agents of the terrorist organization HYDRA, led by the children of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, an old enemy of his. HYDRA has reconstituted a pathogen known as the Death's Head virus, and threatens to attack Manhattan with it, barring payment of US $1 billion.

Cast

  • David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury
  • Lisa Rinna as Contessa Valentina "Val" Allegra de Fontaine
  • Sandra Hess as Andrea von Strucker / Viper
  • Neil Roberts as Alexander Goodwin Pierce
  • Garry Chalk as Timothy Aloysius "Dum-Dum" Dugan
  • Tracy Waterhouse as Kate Neville
  • Tom McBeath as Director General Jack Pincer
  • Ron Canada as Gabriel Jones
  • Peter Haworth as Arnim Zola
  • Scott Heindl as Werner von Strucker
  • Campbell Lane as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker
  • Mina Erian Mina as Cairo Hydra Lieutenant
  • Stellina Rusich as Interpol Inspector Gail Runciter
  • Adrian Hughes as Clay Quartermain
  • Terry David Mulligan as The President

    • Differences from comic

  • In comics, Dugan has red hair, moustache and a bowler hat. None are present in the movie.
  • Gabe Jones' character was combined with Sidney "The Gaffer" Levine who was the S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist in the comics.
  • HYDRA agents appear with black Men in Black-type suits, rather than the green uniform from the comics.
  • Andreas did not appear, but Andrea did have a younger brother named Werner (in the comics the twins had an older half-brother named Werner).
  • Andrea was codenamed "Viper".
  • Dr. Arnim Zola appears as an elderly HYDRA chemist responsible for the creation of the Death's Head virus.
  • Baron Strucker's body is shown frozen in a chamber.
  • In the final scene of the movie, Baron Strucker is brought back to life.

    • Reception

    Reception to the film was mixed.

    Home media release

    Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was released on DVD on 30 September 2008 exclusively at Best Buy stores.

    References

    Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (film) Wikipedia
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    Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD (film) IMDb Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD (film) themoviedb.org