April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European
Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a
Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy
lines. Outnumbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into
their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their
heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Director:
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David AyerStars:
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April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European
Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt)
commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind
enemy lines. Outnumbered, and out-gunned, Wardaddy and his men face
overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of
Nazi Germany.
Fury
pits a tank filled with five American soldiers at the tail end of World
War II as they struggle to fight off a small army of Nazi soldiers that
are closing in on them. David Ayer directs this brutal and grim war
film with no romance to it. Ayer's film is grim, bloody and unrelenting
and fully captures the absolutely horrific nature of war. Brad Pitt's
Wardaddy is far from Lt. Aldo Raine in Inglorious Basterds, he is a man
who is truly run ragged by this war. So much so that it is all the
character knows. Followed by his brigade of miserable men played by the
likes of Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and Jon Bernthal, Fury
depicts not only the atrocities of war but the ideology of brotherhood
with this film. Each of these actors, especially LaBeouf, give their all
in roles that are merely supporting on paper. Ayer has an extremely
keen eye for chemistry on screen and he directs each of these actors to
deliver performances that are well beyond anything that could be
scripted. These men truly feel as if they are brothers in arms and you
buy into every second of it. The film on a technical level is terrific.
Ayer ditches his hand held method for still shots and dolly rigs and it
pays off ten fold. The film is visually stunning, a pure grit to the
desaturated frame is present from start to finish. As I touched on
before, Fury is a violent war film much so in the vein of Saving Private
Ryan and Lone Survivor. You are subjected to every bullet wound, every
explosion of sharp shrapnel, every wound with the utmost visceral
imagery. It is disturbing yet necessary for a film like this. Deapite
these dark tones and brutality, Fury does feature lighter moments
especially with Logan Lerman who gives a seemingly bare-bones
performance as Norman Ellison that is subtle but extremely effective as
he slowly becomes desensitized to all the violence around him. His
performance is constantly evolving along with his character, letting us
see layer after layer until he comes full circle in a bloody final act.
The best way to describe Fury is by comparing it to Wolfgang Peterson's
Das Boot just with a tank instead of a submarine. Its claustrophobic, up
close and personal, making the scenes of harrowing violence even more
effective. Overall, Fury is a brutal war film that shows war exactly how
it should be shown. Its disturbing, its violent, its scary. Fury really
hits a home run between the sweeping cinematography, the phenomenal
performances and the near perfect direction, it is one hell of a film
that shouldn't be missed.
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