Plot
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 8.3/10 (7,795 voted)
Critic's Score: 64/100
Director: David Ayer
Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman
Storyline
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.
Cast: Brad Pitt -
Don 'Wardaddy' Collier
Shia LaBeouf -
Boyd 'Bible' Swan
Logan Lerman -
Norman Ellison
Michael Peña -
Trini 'Gordo' Garcia
Jon Bernthal -
Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
Jim Parrack -
Sergeant Binkowski
Brad William Henke -
Sergeant Davis
(as Brad Henke)
Kevin Vance -
Sergeant Peterson
Xavier Samuel -
Lieutenant Parker
Jason Isaacs -
Captain Waggoner
Anamaria Marinca -
Irma
Alicia von Rittberg -
Emma
Scott Eastwood -
Sergeant Miles
Laurence Spellman -
Sergeant Dillard
Daniel Betts -
Burgermeister
Opening Weekend: $23,702,421
(USA)
(17 October 2014)
Gross: $26,059,606
(USA)(20 October 2014)
Technical Specs
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
The Main Shermans used in Fury were : Fury M4A2 76mm HVSS from Bovington Tank Museum, M4A2 75mm VVSS from Tay Restorations, M4A2 76mm HVSS from Jeep Sud Est, M4A4 75MM VVSS from Adrian Barrell, M4A1 76mm VVSS. See more »
Goofs:
In many scene showing the back end of the Sherman tank, there is a large cardboard box with black lettering and markings. This box is intended to be Army meal rations but they came in wooden crates and not in cardboard boxes during WWII. The smaller, individual meals were in cardboard boxes inside the wooded crate. See more »
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User Review
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Rating: 9/10
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 that are closing in on them. David Ayer directs this brutal
and grim war film with no romance to it. Ayer's film is grim, bloody
and unrelenting and 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 with this film. Each of these actors,
especially LaBeouf, give their all in 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. These men truly feel as if they
are brothers in arms and you buy into every second of it. The film on a
technical level is terrific. Ayer ditches his hand held method for
still shots and dolly rigs and it pays off ten fold. The film is
visually stunning, a pure grit to the desaturated frame is present from
start to finish. As I touched on before, Fury is a violent war film
much so in the vein of Saving Private Ryan and Lone Survivor. You are
subjected to every bullet wound, every explosion of sharp shrapnel,
every wound with the utmost visceral imagery. It is disturbing yet
necessary for a film like this. Deapite these dark tones and brutality,
Fury does feature lighter moments especially with Logan Lerman who
gives a seemingly bare-bones performance as Norman Ellison that is
subtle but extremely effective as he slowly becomes desensitized to all
the violence around him. His performance is constantly evolving along
with his character, letting us see layer after layer until he comes
full circle in a bloody final act. The best way to describe Fury is by
comparing it to Wolfgang Peterson's Das Boot just with a tank instead
of a submarine. Its claustrophobic, up close and personal, making the
scenes of harrowing violence even more effective. 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.
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