Rough around the edges but just smooth enough

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2014)

This is a hard core war movie. This movie is rough as a cold steel piece of war machinery.
We follow the travels of a tank crew towards the end of the 2nd World War. These are hardened men, a group of pit-bulls with a very thick skin.
We are introduced to the characters through the eyes of a newbie, who is a real innocent lamb when he first joins the team.
Several battle scenes keep the pace up, but the brotherhood confined in the metal death-machine is the real heart of this story.
The characters are beasts, more or less stripped of their humanity, hardened and mentally scarred by years of war. This is really well portrayed and performed, there is a credible organic bond between these men.
The lack of patriotic mumbo jumbo strips down the narrative to one of basic human survival. The Germans are given more human features but are still mostly faceless shadows, almost being demonized as in so many other movies.
There's some beautiful imagery, with a lot of beautiful wide well composed scenes. Hard to believe the director made "Sabotage" earlier.
Stephen Price deserves a mention- the soundtrack is impressive.
Is "Fury" worth a watch? Yes, if you are an adult that is not bothered by a lot of profanity, blood and graphic gore.