Review: Fury Lives Up To Its Name
- Jun 5, 2017
- 1 min read
Before he forever tainted his name by directing the abysmal Suicide Squad, David Ayer brought us Fury, a film that quickly cemented itself as one of the best war movies of the 21st century.
April 1945. The American army has pushed deep into Germany and yet, the end of the war seems further away than ever. For Wardaddy (Brad Pitt), the war is all there is. When fresh recruit Norman (Logan Lerman) is shoved into the lives of of the crew of the tank Fury, he quickly learns that war is a lot worse when you are the frontline.
Fury is an intense film to put it lightly. From its beginning to its end, the action is almost constant with only the occasional moment of character building. But it's undeniably a character driven movie. Furies crew are some of the best written and best acted characters around with everyone, right down to Shia LaBeouf, giving excellent performances.
The action is no slouch either, combining visceral war scenes with some truly breathtaking cinematography. Ayer has managed to take the blood, mud and tears of war and make something that is both beautiful and brutal at the same time.
Fury perfectly mixes emotion with violence, crafting a tale of bad men doing bad things for the right reasons. It’s not a lighthearted film, not in the slightest but it's an exciting, original and wholly excellent movie .
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