Thursday 23 October 2014

Film Review: Fury

Genre: Action Drama War

Cert: This was given a 15A but due to curtain scene this should of been a R-rated film.

Director: David Ayer

Screen writer: David Ayer

Starring: Brad Pitt , Shia LaBeouf , Logan Lerman , Michael Peña , Jon Bernthal , Jim Parrack , Brad William Henke , Kevin Vance , Xavier Samuel , Jason Isaacs , Anamaria Marinca , Alicia von Rittberg , Scott Eastwood , Laurence Spellman , Daniel Betts

Running time: 134 min


Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A soldier goes into a room with a girl and they kiss briefly; later we see them come out of the room and adjust their clothes and it is implied they had sex.

A man says 'I wonder if Hitler would f**k us for a chocolate bar.'

A few mentions of 'p*ssy.'

Some men talk regarding the 'easiness' of German women

Violence & Gore: Blood splatters when soldiers are shot. Many of these shooting deaths throughout the film.

A man leaps onto another man who is on horseback, throwing them both to the ground. The attacker then stabs the rider several times including through the eye socket, killing him.

Skin from a man's blown-apart face (including lips and eyelids) is visible inside a tank; another man is made to clean up the mess.

A tank is hit by an anti-tank weapon and soldiers on fire emerge from inside. One burning soldier takes out his pistol and graphically shoots himself in the head while screaming in pain.

A tank track graphically runs over a soldier's head, killing him.

A soldier is made to shoot an unarmed prisoner.

A soldier's leg is severed by machine gun fire.

A soldier is executed and people cheer.

A building is destroyed by artillery, bodies are visible in the rubble with a little blood.

Soldiers are shot with incendiary rounds.

A tank track rolls over a dead body, crushing it further into the mud.

A soldier is blown apart by a tank shell; another is decapitated.

Bodies hanged as cowards are shown.

A soldier has his throat slit and blood pours out

Profanity:  35-40+ uses of 'f**k', many uses of 'sh*t.'

Unclean language throughout most of the dialogue.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Many characters smoke throughout the film.

Several brief instances where alcohol is ingested by soldiers.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Very intense battle sequences (see 'Violence & Gore'). recommend age to watch this 18 - R-rated for bloody violence.



Story: 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 her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Likes : This film has gotten alot of mixed review's i dont think alot of people truly understood the film as a whole, we have seen alot of world war 2 film's about the troops on foot fighting the nazi's war machine but we dont see that many war film's from the tank brigade side i think this was perfectly done to truly show the dark gritty reality that war truly is.
I would go as far as this almost revivals the Oscars winning saving private Ryan film, in the way of emotional & heart pounding moments that have you grip to the edge of your seat, now im not normally in to war film because they can get the same concept all the time but there is something different about this film that give the story a better feel.
The outstanding acting performance from Brad pitt (Don 'Wardaddy' Collier), Shia LaBeouf
Boyd 'Bible' Swan), Michael Peña (Trini 'Gordo' Garcia) real added a war torn characters that you could see war has changed them in personality, alone with the new guy after loss there first guy
Norman Ellison played by Logan Lerman who dose an outstanding believable performance as a rookie that has never see war or kill anyone before you could see through the film this war transaction from a rookie to a soldier as he see the real horrors of war & what he must do to survive this is truly shown in his character.
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 & hold a cross roads off against over whelming odds.
 David Ayer directs this brutal dark reality war film with no romance just pure action & a dark reality of a bloody war.Its the type of film that is bloody and unrelenting that 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 which this film show perfectly.
 Each of these actors, especially LaBeouf, give their all in the 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 that is what makes this film outstanding in every possible way.
Fury is a film that is not for the light heart film fan's, this truly is a war film that show the brutality of what war truly is & your subjected to every bullet wound, every explosion of sharp shrapnel, every wound with the uttermost visceral imagery which make this film violent & bloody. It's disturbing yet necessary for a film like this giving it's concept with dark tones and brutality of life in the ww2.
This is a film i highly recommend you go see, i believe were maybe look at an Oscar winner here.

Dislikes : The only thing really which dosent let the film down is the story as it progress can be a bit predictable at time, but some scene will shock you.

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.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9 out of 10 for story concept / performances




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