One Of The Best War Movies In The Past 20 Years

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2017)

1945, Germany. The Americans are pushing hard toward Berlin. Hitler has mobilized every German he could get his hands on (old men, women, children) to try to stop the American advance. At the front lines is a Sherman tank crew headed by a tough Sergeant played by Brad Pitt. Short one crewman who was killed in action, Pitt receives a completely green, teenaged soldier (played by Logan Lerman) who specializes in typing and never had one minute of training in a tank.
Knowing that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, Pitt forces Lerman to grow up much faster than the kid is able to. With a huge push deeper into enemy territory coming up fast, Pitt's crew must work together as one, cohesive unit if they are to have even a small chance of staying alive.
My most memorable, movie moment on "Fury" is the scene when Pitt's platoon of tanks line up side by side and fire at a treeline ahead of them where German soldiers have taken a defensive position. With all guns firing (main cannons, .50 Browning heavy machine-guns, .30 machine-guns) the Germans are slaughtered within seconds, with many bodies blown to pieces.
The outer shell of "Fury" is a vicious, gruesome tale of WW II combat. Within this shell is the story of Pitt, a veteran warrior who is near his breaking point, and is further burdened with a boy he must teach to be a hardened soldier; and in doing so, risks further dehumanizing himself as well as the boy.
"Fury" is one of the best war movies made in the last 20 years; and had it not been for the slight — I'm being kind here — unbelievable nature of the final battle, "Fury" would have been destined to become a classic.
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