Fury (2014)

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	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: David Ayer (Suicide Squad)
	Actors: Brad Pitt (Snatch, World War Z), Shia LaBeouf (Transformers 1-3), Logan Lerman
	Country: USA
	Genre: War, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 06.02.2016, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: 1945. While the American troops are advancing through Germany, their tank patrols are in inferiority against the more advanced German Panzers. The Sergeant nicknamed Wardaddy (Pitt) and his crew are trying to make it through another day.
Review: We actually don't get to see too often a WWII movie, even less a good one. I don't know if the idea behind Fury was influenced by the success of the video game World of Tanks, but it is rather original to follow this tank crew in a maybe less known part of History. The movie offers three major tank action scenes and after seeing the second one I wondered how it could be topped, but they made it. I found the atmosphere in the confined environment well rendered, and the helplessness of the Americans against a better equipped enemy. Beyond those epic scenes, the main interest of the movie resides in its characters like any such movie. Brad Pitt is great, helped by a make-up that changes his "babyface" image, and plays totally differently than in Inglorious Basterds, sign of a good actor. For example he speaks a decent German while in the Tarantino movie his skills were more parodic. I was glad to see for the first time Shia LaBeouf playing something else than a nervous kid as in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle or the Transformers trilogy, and we get attached to the rest of the crew as well.On top of that, the story and direction put an emphasis on the human side thanks to several poignant scenes. I am not sure Fury deserves the title of "Best war movie since Saving Private Ryan" as the cover highlights but for sure it doesn't fall far from this category.
Rating: 8 /10