Fury
Brad Pitt is Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier in this WWII action drama, the master and commander of a Sherman tank and her crew (Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña and Jon Bernthal). The year is 1945, and Allied troops fight their way across German soil. But with many deaths still to come, it's no picnic for the crew, or the new recruit that joins them (Logan Lerman). From the writer and director of End of Watch.
Under Collier, the crew of the tank Fury have fought their way through Africa, across Europe and into Deutschland. The sole survivors of a pitched battle, they have little time to rest before being thrown back into the fray, clearing townships, rescuing outgunned GIs and taking on the waves of fanatical soldiers and terrified children that Hitler desperately throws at them.
Fury is the first major role for Shia LaBeouf since he famously started wearing a paper bag over his head. On the set of this film, Brad Pitt reportedly complained he was too smelly to share a tank with.
- Director:
- David Ayer ('Training Day', 'End of Watch', 'Street Kings')
- Writer:
- David Ayer
- Cast:
- Brad PittLogan LermanShia LaBeoufJon BernthalMichael PeñaXavier Samuel
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWar is hell. And according to Fury it’s also really, really muddy. We’re talking Glastonbury levels of mud, though this version of World War 2 seems absent of any chavvy Englishmen. To be fair, that’s not too surprising, given director David Ayer’s tight focus on the American crew of the titular Sherman tank as it advances into Germany in the final year of the war.
Furious Pitt
Destined to be a classic, Fury has the grit, blood, and originality not seen in a WWII film since Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Utterly engaging from start to finish, not painting the Allied forces as the 'good guys' and the Germans as the 'baddies' with the one act of mercy in the whole film performed by a German. Superb.
A Furious Film
Just Two words...Bloody Brilliant!. Around the start of the year, I had written a review about the outstanding movie Lone Survivor, and by then I was certain that there was no war film or any 2014 film that could beat that brilliant movie. Well I ate my own words after watching Fury. At the start I wasn't too convinced I have to say with this new so called...
Blood & Mud (may contain spoilers)
From a cinematic point of view this film captures the true essence of war from machinery , weapons, uniforms through to the bloody mess that war can be. Hard to like the tank crew, all individually pretty f**ked up and the new boy 'Machine' becomes a cold hard killer in a couple of days. The nicest person in the film was an 'evil' SS trooper who lets...
Brad Pitt is in command.
Unlike most women I enjoy war film, and this one doesn't disappoint. This is a slice of WW2 that involves a small group of soldiers who try their best to make headway on Germany's home turf. Brad Pitt does a sterling job as the tank commander and Shia La Beouf puts in a solid performance as gunner. The direction and editing are sharp so we really feel the...
a little below the expectations
We know the war is cruel and we see plenty. But the film is problematic for its individualistic heroism, especially the lacking of retrospect of the war. Looks exactly like one of Brad Pitt's many projects of self-righteousness. Compared to Enemy at the Gates, the one lacks serious depth.
Variety
pressPitt plays a watered-down version of his 'Inglourious Basterds' character in this disappointingly bland look at a World War II tank crew.
Total Film
pressLoud, intense, violent, relentless, Fury doesn't stop until the credits roll, thanks to Ayer's cracking direction and a committed cast. The best WW2 movie in some time.
Time Out
pressBrad Pitt pulls along this gutsy, old-fashioned World War II epic by the sheer brute force of his charisma.
The New York Times
pressWithin this gore-spattered, superficially nihilistic carapace is an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress.
The Guardian
pressFury is a punchy, muscular action film, confidently put together and never anything other than watchable.
The Dissolve
pressLives up to its title with its great ferocity, but at a certain point, it begins to feel like a macho fantasy.
Empire Magazine
pressA persuasive, warts-and-bolts depiction of warfare from the guts of a tank yoked to an overwrought, sub-Private Ryan account of innocence under fire - so a hit and a miss.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWar is hell. And according to Fury it’s also really, really muddy. We’re talking Glastonbury levels of mud, though this version of World War 2 seems absent of any chavvy Englishmen. To be fair, that’s not too surprising, given director David Ayer’s tight focus on the American crew of the titular Sherman tank as it advances into Germany in the final year of the war.
Variety
pressPitt plays a watered-down version of his 'Inglourious Basterds' character in this disappointingly bland look at a World War II tank crew.
Total Film
pressLoud, intense, violent, relentless, Fury doesn't stop until the credits roll, thanks to Ayer's cracking direction and a committed cast. The best WW2 movie in some time.
Time Out
pressBrad Pitt pulls along this gutsy, old-fashioned World War II epic by the sheer brute force of his charisma.
The New York Times
pressWithin this gore-spattered, superficially nihilistic carapace is an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress.
The Guardian
pressFury is a punchy, muscular action film, confidently put together and never anything other than watchable.
The Dissolve
pressLives up to its title with its great ferocity, but at a certain point, it begins to feel like a macho fantasy.
Empire Magazine
pressA persuasive, warts-and-bolts depiction of warfare from the guts of a tank yoked to an overwrought, sub-Private Ryan account of innocence under fire - so a hit and a miss.
Furious Pitt
Destined to be a classic, Fury has the grit, blood, and originality not seen in a WWII film since Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Utterly engaging from start to finish, not painting the Allied forces as the 'good guys' and the Germans as the 'baddies' with the one act of mercy in the whole film performed by a German. Superb.
A Furious Film
Just Two words...Bloody Brilliant!. Around the start of the year, I had written a review about the outstanding movie Lone Survivor, and by then I was certain that there was no war film or any 2014 film that could beat that brilliant movie. Well I ate my own words after watching Fury. At the start I wasn't too convinced I have to say with this new so...
Blood & Mud (may contain spoilers)
From a cinematic point of view this film captures the true essence of war from machinery , weapons, uniforms through to the bloody mess that war can be. Hard to like the tank crew, all individually pretty f**ked up and the new boy 'Machine' becomes a cold hard killer in a couple of days. The nicest person in the film was an 'evil' SS trooper who lets...
Brad Pitt is in command.
Unlike most women I enjoy war film, and this one doesn't disappoint. This is a slice of WW2 that involves a small group of soldiers who try their best to make headway on Germany's home turf. Brad Pitt does a sterling job as the tank commander and Shia La Beouf puts in a solid performance as gunner. The direction and editing are sharp so we really feel the...
a little below the expectations
We know the war is cruel and we see plenty. But the film is problematic for its individualistic heroism, especially the lacking of retrospect of the war. Looks exactly like one of Brad Pitt's many projects of self-righteousness. Compared to Enemy at the Gates, the one lacks serious depth.
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