Review: Fury

Review: Fury
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Official 'Fury' Poster.

      One of the most intense war and humanized World War II movie depiction in recent memory, 'Fury' hits all the boxes of how to make these kinds of movies.

"Brad Pitt'".

"Logan Lerman".

      During the last phases of the Second World War, the Allies are entering Germany hoping to finally put an end to the war and defeating the Nazis. The movie follows the crew of a military tank, that is composed of veteran US army Sgt. 'Don Collier'(Brad Pitt) a.k.a. 'Wardaddy', technician and religious 'Boyd Swan'(Shia LaBeouf) a.k.a 'Bible', Private first class 'Grady Travis'(Jon Berthnal) a.k.a 'Coon-Ass' and Mexican driver 'Trini Garcia'(Michael Pena) a.k.a 'Gordo'. After the recent death of their comrade 'Red', a newly recruited young Private 'Norman Ellison'(Logan Lerman) is assigned to them. But barely accepting that he is in the middle of the war, he will endure harsh times and moments with the crew. With the last of the German forces battling out in their last positions, 'Wardaddy' and his crew must rigidly train 'Norman' in a very limited amount of time in order to be able to pursue their tasks without getting in their way. Other characters include Captain 'Waggoner'(Jason Isaacs) a.k.a 'Old Man', Sgt. 'Miles'(Scott Eastwood), 2nd Lt. 'Parker'(Xavier Samuel), Sgt. 'Davis'(Brad William Henke), and German residents 'Irma'(Anamaria Marinca) and her cousin 'Emma'(Alicia Von Rittberg).

"Shia LaBeouf".

"Jon Berthnal".

      The making of a war-drama movie is really hard. There is a very thin line between going over-the-top in a cliché manner, and performing in it in a very emotional and exquisite manner. One might remember the big budget ‘Pearl Harbor’ movie, or even a blend of the two mentioned above like ‘Valkyrie’, or even the excellent movie ‘Inglorious Bastards’. Thankfully the direction that this film takes is that of a real-human-emotional movie that steers it rather than the action being the one in control. Looking at the structure of 'Fury''s story, one might get a bit anxious on the end result and whether the movie will fail to perform on a narrative level. From a personal point of view, the movie beautifully manages to grant us a picture, whose narrative is moved forward thanks to the characters that are beautifully portrayed by the actors in parallel with the bigger war story in which the movie takes place. It must be noted that each WWII movie is being always depicted from the specific point of view, but what is commendable about this one is that it managed to refrain from focusing on explaining the point of view of the Allies or the Axis but the point of view of the fighters.

"Michael Pena", "Alicia von Rittberg",
"Brad Pitt", "Shia LaBeaouf"
and "Anamaria Marinac".

"Michael Pena".

      "David Ayer", notoriously known for his work as a writer in 'The Fast andthe Furious' and as a director for 'End of Watch', has basically reached the movie that can be chosen as the best work he has ever performed. His directing credits are very limited, but the accumulation of experience from previous movies allowed him to improve substantially. "David", who also was in charge in writing the story of the movie, arranges a very well scripted movie that fixates mainly on the emotional development of the main characters of this movie. The quality of the picture is refined, making sure that all details pertaining to that time period of the war was respected, which was apparent with the tanks, costumes and location that were used and built. The scarce use of special effects helped set the naturalism of the movie and making it seem as though these are real events that happened as the movie depicts them. Composer "Steven Price", who won an Academy Award for his perfect work on last year's 'Gravity', provides a very solid yet unusual score that one doesn’t usually associate it with this kind of movies.

"Brad Pitt" and "Logan Lerman".

"Brad Pitt", "Shia LaBeouf"
and "Jon Berthnal".

      The movie is focused primarily on the five guys that are inside the tank, and follows their tough journey. This premise by itself is challenging for every director, but "David Ayer" showed how easily it can be done. The positions of the camera angles within the tank and following it with different shots allowed us not get bored. With each setting the characters and the tank were in, the camera followed them within the same context, making the time watching this movie never seem boring. The action sequences were tremendous, followed by high-thrill feeling to them. The dialogue and silence were effectively utilized to create immense charge and powerfulness. The middle sequence inside the house of the two ladies was a very emotional-driven sequence that worked perfectly in fleshing out the main characters. The final sequence was fully staged in a suspenseful manner, leading to the final scene, which was one of the most astonishing finales ever to be shot in my opinions . There is a certain point towards the end where many criticized "David" for the way he executed it saying that he sympathized with the Nazi's. But those critics might forget that this a real movie about humans and the way they act within these harsh conditions not a political one.

"Logan Lerman" and "Sia LaBeouf".

"Brad Pitt", "Shia LaBeouf",
"Logan Lerman" and "Michael Pena".

      Casting the characters of this picture was personally one of the conclusive aspects that made it work. The bond between the entire cast could be felt as being real and natural. "Brad Pitt" fascinates in his role and assumes a leading position within the movie (and outside of it during the promotional tour), which was believable due to his high level of skills and charisma. A huge applause must be given to the complexity he achieved with his character, while allowing him to be dissected onscreen. "Shia LaBeouf" kills it with a sensational, full of passion performance, thanks to his expressions that made his character developed. "Logan Lerman" provides a breakthrough performance in this film, shaving off the previous stereotype roles that he might have established early on in his career.  "Michael Pena" and "Jon Berthnal" manage to advance the narrative and human sides of their character, which was astonishing seeing they were limited in doing so. "Jason Isaacs", "Scott Eastwood", "Xavier Samuel" and "Brad William Henke" have impressive and drawing cameos as American soldiers. Famous Romanian actress "Anamaria Marinca" and upcoming German actress "Alicia von Rittberg" are featured in one of the most important and notable scene in the movie.

      'Fury' surely does put its foot hard in between the war-action-thriller movies in recent memory, thanks to the work of "David Ayer" and an astounding performance from the cast.

Official 'Fury' Poster.

-'Fury' Info:
-Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Berthnal, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood, Xavier Samuel, Brad William Henke, Anamaria Marinca and Alicia Von Rittberg.
-Studio(s): Columbia Pictures and QED International.
-Directed by: David Ayer.
-Written by: David Ayer.
-Music by: Steven Price.
-Running Time: 134 minutes.
-Budget: $ 68,000,000.
-Box office: -Domestic(US): $ 83,672,802.
                  -Foreign: $ 87,500,000.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 8.0/10.
              -Rotten Tomatoes: 78%.
              -Metacritic: 64%.

              -PERSONAL RATING: 8.4/10.

**Still Showing in Theaters Across the World.

-'Fury' Trailer: