"Fury" Review

WAR NEVER ENDS QUIETLY

World War II was one of the most gruesome wars ever fought in the history of mankind. The war scarred thousands of soldiers and showed the horrors of what a man can do to another man. As time passed by in the war, soldiers became blind sighted of how precious a human's life is. Without flinching, soldiers would kill countless numbers of soldiers and start ignoring the fact that the things they are killing are not emotionless objects, but instead living human beings, each existing in their own unique life. Many movies up to now have depicted the heavy subject about how war is hell; however, no movie has delivered the message as well as Fury.

From the unsanitary setting to the piling deaths of innocent civilians, Fury does everything right to immerse the audience to hell. Fury is not a fun movie to watch. Instead, it's a painstakingly torturous hell-ride assembled in the best possible way.

One of the greatest aspects of the film was Logan Lerman's character who plays the new tank gunner for Brad Pitt and his crew's tank. As everyone in the tank has already been scarred and brainwashed by the cruelty of war, Logan Lerman is the one character who the audience can all relate to and support. He is the only person in the film who has a conscious and actually values the importance of a human's life. This pureness of his, though, slowly deteriorates as the film progresses, giving the audience a sense of how war can transform an innocent man to a completely different person.

Overall, Fury does the fantastic job of depicting the true nature of war. The performances by the whole cast were spot-on (even Shia Labeouf, surprisingly) and the directing by David Ayer was handled very well. Even though the final battle sequence between the tank and the Nazis is quite unrealistic, Fury is still the most unsatisfying, yet powerful war movie made in a very long time. 

 

3.5/4 Stars: Highly Recommended