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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster
Directed by
Rod Hardy
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired super spy named Nick Fury is called back into action to stop a terrorist organization called HYDRA. They plan to attack Manhattan with a deadly virus.

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What happens

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (stylized as Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield) is a 1998 American television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1998, on Fox, intended to be a backdoor pilot for a possible new TV series. Written by David Goyer, and directed by Rod Hardy, the film had a $6 million production budget. It 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. The film was met with a largely negative reception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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