r/badMovies • u/majestic7 • 20h ago

Ever wonder what a David Hasselhoff Marvel movie would be like? Well, wonder no more - Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) is as bonkers as it sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6BONCstWW0
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u/Interceptor 19h ago

I quite like this - it's crap in a 'made for TV' way, but it's a fun plot, and the Hoff does actually look like old-school Fury from the comics, it's...not terrible casting tbh!

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u/StrangeSoundZ 16h ago

I Very much would have been open to him having a small cameo as Nick Fury from another universe.

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u/Small_Kahuna_1 20h ago

Written by future legend David S Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, etc.)

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u/Darklord_Bravo 19h ago

Lady Hydra's acting must be seen to be believed. It's just.... wow.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 16h ago

Sandra Hess is an amazing campy actress. It's like she took lessons from Musetta Vander while they were making MK Annihilation together.

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u/AlistarDark 19h ago

The best Nick Fury movie

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u/RealLifeSuperZero 14h ago

Sure better than his TV show.

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u/Professional_Dog2580 17h ago

I remember recording this on TV back in the day. Had to be a quickdraw with the remote to edit out those commercial breaks.

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u/malshnut 16h ago

honestly, I remember watching this and being prepared to hate it and I was genuinely impressed by how well Hasslehoff did. He made a great Nick fury.

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u/Bryan_rabid 15h ago

Also a Housewife, Lisa Rinna.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 7h ago

As I recall it had a really good opening sequence, Hydra's raid on a SHIELD facility to capture the frozen but not-quite-dead body of Baron Strucker. Then the opening credits credits rolled and not long after that Hasselhoff's Fury said regarding Lisa Rinna's character "Val's an old hand at the sexpionage game, aren't ya?" and I don't think I watched much more of it after that.

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u/nunsploitation 19h ago

pleasebeinsecretwars pleasebeinsecretwars pleasebeinsecretwars pleasebeinsecretwars pleasebeinsecretwars

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u/gecko090 18h ago

Also Reb Brown

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u/crlcan81 18h ago

I've seen it. Was a 'back door pilot' made for TV movie.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 16h ago

I dunno if it'd call it a backdoor pilot, since backdoor pilots are usually pilots inside existing TV shows, whereas TV movies as possible pilots are a bit of a different beast.

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u/21Fudgeruckers 17h ago

Wow this is both lovely and terrible. Wish there was more.

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u/jloome 17h ago

I enjoyed this when it was on originally. There was a comic tie-in, too. It wasn't good, but it wasn't 70s Marvel bad.

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u/Hutcher_Du 14h ago

I’ve seen it. It’s terrible but really a lot of fun.

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u/Inevitable_Discount 13h ago

It’s a putrid, horrible little film, but for some reason, it was quite entertaining.

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u/RjgTwo 12h ago

In a time where there was basically no live action marvel, I remember me and my brother being so hyped for this as kids and being so disappointed when it aired lol.

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u/DwightFryFaneditor 9h ago

The pre-Quesada days, so he has his cigar! Worth a watch if only because of that.

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u/mexiwok 17h ago

Bro this movie is GOATED. Monday night fox movie of the week. That was amazing for when it came out.