Great War Movie. Soon to be a classic

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2014)

So, if you saw Oliver Stone's Platoon (with Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Defoe), well then you basically saw Fury, albeit in a different setting. In Platoon, Charlie Sheen's character is a new recruit taken to the jungle's of Vietnam and having no war experience, is taught the ways of war by two separate father figures in Defoe and Berenger.
In Fury, Logan Lerman's character is also a new recruit with just 6 weeks of training and is forced to join Brad Pitt's Fury crew. Throughout the story, it's a troubling journey for the young belly gunner who has trouble killing anyone, even the enemy. Pitt becomes the father figure and the rest of the crew initiate the recruit into the ways of war.
Whereas Defoe's character is the religious or spiritual type and tries to good by everyone, Leboef's character is similar, though gritty. I think he's come a long way from his Transformer days and gives an amazingly poignant rendition of his character. Although Pitt's character is clearly in command, it's Leboef's character that is the glue that keeps the crew together, the heart of the crew.
There are some pretty gruesome war action sequences which are tough to watch. The violence is as real as the brutality seen in Braveheart. It's a gritty war movie with a lot of raw moments. There are some very real tension brought out between these characters and the enemy and some very gripping sequences of tension between the characters themselves.
In the end, Fury is a fantastic war movie and brings about the same questions all war movies tend to ask: "What is war all about?" "What's it like to be in war?" "What is the point of this war?" But also, what is the personal journey of the soldier through such actions. Lerman's character goes through a very personal transformation through his comrades in arms and through the painful reality of war. As usual Pitt puts in a great performance and his portrayal of the conflicted commander is very real.