The comic book character of Nick Fury created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and brought to perfection by Jim Steranko has always been one of my favourite Marvel heroes but unfortunately there has never been a good cinematic embodiment of him, and definitely not in this feeble film. It has the tired storyline of the retired loose cannon cop/agent/spy etc being brought back to an organisation as they are apparently the only one who can handle a dangerous situation, in this case spreading a virus over New York. David Hasselhoff smokes cigars and has an eyepatch but apart from that is a poor Nick Fury. The supporting cast are not memorable except (to me) lovely Tracy Waterhouse as the psychic Kate. As for Sandra Hess as the villainous Andrea Von Strucker (aka Viper!) words fail one. Some of the sets looked decent but were not filmed to their full potential.
There were many times I thought; why did they do that, why didn't they do that? The plot had holes like a colander. Why didn't they just kill Dr. Arnim Zola when they had him in custody. What was Nick Fury doing in the mine? Where did Nick Fury's robot double suddenly appear from at the end? Who actually ran S. H. I. E. L. D? Etc. Etc. It made me furious.
There were many times I thought; why did they do that, why didn't they do that? The plot had holes like a colander. Why didn't they just kill Dr. Arnim Zola when they had him in custody. What was Nick Fury doing in the mine? Where did Nick Fury's robot double suddenly appear from at the end? Who actually ran S. H. I. E. L. D? Etc. Etc. It made me furious.