Fury
2014
***
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood
In the last days of WW2, a Sherman tank named Fury, part of the 2nd Armored Division, makes its final push into the heart of Germany. The tank holds a crew of five, which includes a wise and weathered commander, a bible-quoting philosopher, a brutish hillbilly, a token ethnic crew member, and a youngster who is about to lose his innocence. David Ayer's war drama aims for gritty realism but comes short already with its cast of clichéd characters. Roughly the same men featured in Saving Private Ryan, and so did the washed out colour palette which seems to be the benchmark for every war film these days. Nevertheless, the film is consistently gripping and well-acted if you can accept the occasional bouts of pure fiction, which includes the ridiculous final battle.
