Redundant and unnecessary.

From my favorite movies..

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

In the 1990's Marvel Comics was in something of a financial strain, and to help themselves out, they would lease the movie and television rights to their characters to whoever had cash on hand right at that moment (because $100 in your pocket is better than $10,000 in pledged money), this resulted in some tough times for the film adventures of the Marvel characters; Captain America and Punisher got direct to video adventures, the Fantastic Four film never saw the light of day, and Nick Fury and Generation X (X-Men spin off) were optioned for series by FOX. Neither one got past the pilot/TV movie stage. That said, of the pre-2000 Marvel film adaptations, Nick Fury is arguably among the best. One can never underestimate the power of the Hoff, and who could care about anything else? The plot, action, and special effects are above average for FOX TV movie, but it's not like they were out to get any Oscars or anything. Once could watch far worse, like Superman Returns.

**SOME SPOILERS** Having been put out to pasture in the wilds of the Yukon wilderness by S.H.I.E.L.D, an ultra super secret US espionage agency, after the fall of the Soviet Union former top agent unshaven cigar chomping and all around slob Nick Fury, David Hesselhoff, gets a surprise visit from two members of that agency Alexander Goodwin Pierce, Neil Roberts, and his former girlfriend Valentina De Contessa, now that's a mouthful, better known as Val played by Lisa Rinna.A former Nazi bigwig Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker, Campbell Lane, who had almost killed Nick, causing Nick to lose his left eye, some time ago is being brought back from the dead by his two evil kids the villainous and crafty Andera Von Strucker code name Viper and her somewhat dimwitted younger brother Werner, Scott Heindl. Nick a guy who doesn't take any bull from anyone and who's motto is "Either my way or the highway" gets back into action when he finds out that Viper was responsible for the death of his close friend agent Clay Quantermain, Adrian Hughes. Nick and both Pierce and S.H.I.E.L.D mind-reading agent Kate Naville, Tracy Waterhouse, go to Berlin to get in touch with Interpol agent Gayle Runsador and get to a secret safe-house for a very important meeting. The agency's, S.H.I.E.L.D, head man Director General Pincer, Tom McBeath, want's to have Kate read the mind of former Nazi scientist Dr. Zolar's, Peter Hayworth, a top honcho of the evil Hydra group that the Von Strucker's are in control of and see just what he and his cohorts are up to in their sinister plans to take over the both civilized and uncivilized world.It later turns out that this whole scheme to get Zolar to open up his mind and talk,or think, was a plot hatched by Hydra in order to locate, with the unwitting help of S.H.I.E.L.D, and rescue him from Nick & Co. with Agent Runsador turning out to be non-other then he evil and murderous Viper. Viper then infected an unsuspecting Nick Fury by biting him in the neck with a lethal dose of South American Yellow Dart Frog venom, the most lethal poison on earth, that in less then 48 hours would end up killing him.It's a race against time as Nick and S.H.I.E.L.D try to find out just where Dr. Zola's and the Von Strucker's, or Hydra Gang, are planing to unleash this new and deadly virus called the "Death Head" that can wipe out the entire population of the United States. With Nick's chances of surviving the deadly Viper bite almost nil S.H.I.E.L.D's top scientist Gareriel Jones, Ron Canada, comes up with a possible antidote that can save Nick's life, if he get's it in time. The antidote has to be developed and drawn from the blood of the person who put Nick into this almost helpless condition in the first place, the only person on earth immune from it Viper.The movie lumbers along with a both drunk-looking and acting Nick screwing up everything that he touches and almost getting his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D agents,Pierce & Kate Neville as well as ex-girlfriend Valentina, killed due to his mindless self serving and almost suicidal behavior. Nick knows that he doesn't have long to live, or so he thought, so why should he care about anyone else, like those working with him, who do. Despite Nick's bumbling the Hydra Gang is so inept and clumsy, especially young and brainless Werner Von Strucker, that in the end he prevents them from destroying downtown Manhattan with a battery or "Death Head" virus loaded rockets. Nick does that by getting the code to abort their mission with the help of mind reading agent Neville from non-other then the evil Viper, who was captured by Nick & Co., herself and also getting a sample of her blood to save his life.The ending has Viper again escaping from Nick together with her frozen stiff and dead father the Baron and ending up on the other side of the world. As the movie finally ends we get a hint of things to come with Baron Von Stucker, now alive and kicking, and Viper threatening both the world and audience that it and those of us watching this utterly mind-boggling flick haven't seen the last of them. With some eight years after the release of the movie "Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D" we can in a way consider ourselves lucky but our luck is soon to run out. There's another Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D movie, hopefully not staring David Hesselhoff, due to be released sometime in 2007 or 2008! God Help Us All!

This was quite simply a complete and utter suck-fest. It sucked out loud, in stereo. David Hasselhoff successfully completed the mission that HYDRA agents have been attempting for years: He brutally murdered Nick Fury.Hasselhoff doesn't even LOOK like Nick Fury. He's white, and he's got brown hair. That's where the similarities end. He doesn't look grizzled, he doesn't look tough, and he doesn't look smart. He is a German Pop-Singer. I really, really hope that they make a good movie for this character, because this one doesn't cut it. Not by a long-shot.As I've been ranting and ripping on this movie for a while now, I will say this: if you want to read some good Nick Fury story lines, try these: Strange Tales #135 - First time Nick Fury is seen with SHIELD. He is elected to lead the organization.Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD - The Jim Steranko stories are amazing, nostalgic fun. Try it out, even if you don't like comics. They're like watching old episodes of "Mission: Impossible" or "the Avengers".Whatever you do, DO NOT take this "movie" as being in any way definitive of the great spy-character known as...Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD

I mean David Hasseholf sucks, but, yes there is a but, he is good in this one role. Even tho the Nick Fury character is a ripoff off of Snake Plisken in every way, this movie is still enjoyable. I'm not a big fan of John Carpenter's Snake Plisken movies (Escape From New York, Escape From LA), but I am a fan of his Snake Plisken character. He is a super secret spy in a super secret government agency. He delivers the one liners and smokes his cigarettes. That's pretty much the depth of this character. Even a video game character is named after him, Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid. He is by far one of the coolest characters ever created. The genius of this character lies in his simplicity. He is a simple hero put in complex situations. Having said that, I enjoyed this movie more than both of the John Capenter movies mentioned above. Yes, it is better than those 2 movies. Many will disagree, few will get it.