- "Are you tired, Mr. Bond? But now, I'm going to die you!"
- ― Nigel Bloch's last words
Nigel Bloch was a international terrorist who masqueraded as the CEO of the Identicon Corporation, a front organization for a major black market supplier of bio-weaponry. A secondary antagonist voiced by American actor, Denny Delk, the character appeared in the 2001 James Bond video-game, Agent Under Fire.
Biography[]
Roughly thirty years prior to the events of Agent Under Fire, Bloch was appointed as chief executive officer of the Identicon Corporation: a botanical research firm and subsidiary of Malprave Industries. Identicon soon after became involved with a petroleum giant named Cyclops Oil. A few years later, Bloch was convicted of securities fraud and falsifying data related to an Identicon patent application and was incarcerated. Since his subsequent release from Whitemoor Prison, he apparently led a clean record with a number of professional successes and citations in the field of bio-technology research. However, rumors of Identicon's involvement in secret illegal operations led MI6 to believe that Bloch had returned to criminal activity.
Bloch was instrumental in a plot to plant genetically-engineered clones in influential positions of world power - culminating with the G8 world leaders. His firm's suspicious activities quickly drew the attention of the American CIA, who dispatched one of their operatives, Zoe Nightshade, to investigate. However, Bloch caught Nightshade during her attempt to procure a consignment of blood specimens. In an attempt at subterfuge, she was cloned with the intent of allowing her to be rescued and placed into the U.S. intelligence apparatus. Approached by the Americans, MI6 dispatched James Bond to recover the mysterious phials and rescue Nightshade from an offshore research laboratory in Hong Kong. Bloch successfully tricked 007 into inadvertently rescuing the clone from a watery death, but was ultimately thwarted by his terrorist associate, Carla the Jackal. During an ambush in Hong Kong harbour, a rocket-propelled grenade intended for Bond missed its mark and accidentally killed the cloned Nightshade.
A clone of Bloch was subsequently sent to Adrian Malprave's underwater cloning laboratory, "Poseidon". Bond followed the trail of evidence to the facility's cover operation, a Cyclops oil platform in the South China Sea. Atop the complex's towering spire, the clone caught Bond by surprise; sending them both plummeting into Poseidon's diving pool entrance. 007 subsequently pursued him through the facility's underwater transport system aboard high-speed tram cars - culminating in a firefight at its volcanic reactor core. Bond destroyed the platform on which the cloned Bloch stood, knocking him into the lava pit below. The real Bloch made his presence known during Bond's assault on Malprave industries' headquarters in Switzerland. With the facility set to self-destruct, the jet-pack equipped Bloch vengefully engaged 007 with a rocket-launcher. The firefight eventually led into Malprave's main office; where Bond shot the villain through a stained-glass window to his death.
Quotes[]
- "It's time to say goodbye, Mr.Bond!"
- ― Bloch confronting Bond in the underwater base.
- "Time to die!"
- ― Nigel Bloch
- "Hahahahaha!, let's go Bond!"
- ― Nigel Bloch
- "You've come a very long way to die Mr. Bond, but first let me show you around! Hahahaha!"
- ― Nigel Bloch
Behind the scenes[]
Development of Agent Under Fire began as a variant of The World Is Not Enough for the PlayStation 2. During its long production, the game would subsequently transition into an independent title divorced from its movie tie-in origins.[1] Rather than starting again from scratch, many art assets from The World Is Not Enough were re-purposed for the new game. One such example was the character design of Nigel Bloch, who was essentially a modified version of what would have been the model for Renard.
Trivia[]
The idea of replacing world leaders with doubles was also used in Casino Royale (1967 film)
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References[]
- ↑ Horsley, John (17 September 2001). Agent Under Fire Q&A (En). Gamespot. Archived from the original on 29 Jun 2011. Retrieved on 2020-04-01.