Fury 2014 (Movie Review)

Dir: David Ayer
Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal
Dur: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Action
Rating: 2/5
PG: Gory violence. Expletives galore.

The horrors of the Nazi regime doesn’t seem to leave people’s minds. Every now and then a film will be produced depicting the inhumanity of the Nazis. Fury is another such attempt. The setting however, is very different. One I have seen for the first time. It shows us the horrors of war. The merciless killing of soldiers and the numerous corpses and injured men that lay strewn all over the land. The film is highly graphic and yet poignant.

Don (Brad Pitt) is head of the tank from which the film takes its name. The whole movie is basically about this band of 5 guys who make the tank their home and set out on the ‘divine’ mission of ridding the world from Nazi clutches. The reality of war is pretty well displayed and begs the viewer’s sympathies. Crude living and crude killing can define the lifestyle of the soldiers. The dialogues are relatively few and spaced apart. Background music is inept and doesn’t really reflect the action in the foreground. The actors are commendable. Their black faces and bloodied hands are constant throughout the film. A dose of religion is added to the mixture of grime and gore and doesn’t stand out as a misfit.


Humanity is depicted at its worst. There is nothing unreal, in fact the details are slightly adjusted to make the film suitable for screening. The reality of war is far worse than what the film shows but at least it gives us a glimpse of something that may also happen in our lifetime. “Ideals are peaceful; history is violent” says Don. He makes a point.  

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