A Fun, but Forgettable Joy Ride.

Rating: 6/10 (17 October 2014)

Although well acted and shot with technical detail, Ayers "Fury" sacrifice realism and thought- provoking war commentary for clichéd story telling.
Perhaps the biggest sin of "Fury" is its lack of faith in audience wit. One scene stands out as particularly clichéd. When Don and Norman enter the home of two German women, we as an audience are not at all surprised at how the scenario plays out. Gender roles are immediately assigned as Don and Norman watch the two women make them dinner. Don then suggests Norman have sex with the younger of the two, and all of a sudden two enemies become consensually intimate partners (I understand that this type of scenario was common, with American soldiers bedding German women, but I find it hard to believe the scenario would play out like a romantic drama after knowing each other for a whole 30 seconds). Of course, this is done because Norman has to be the good protagonist that we relate to, rather than the "animal" of the character Grady. Wouldn't you know that Grady and his gang show up and of course ruin everything (after all Grady is the animal) and reassure us that Norman is good. Immediately following this sequence, the German town is shelled, and oh no! Normans love interest is dead, buried in a pile of rubble (face up of course, we can't possibly recognize her without the facial features. I mean geez its been a whole 2 minutes since she was last on screen! was she blonde or brunette? I can't remember!) and we understand "oh ya. War is bad".
Very few creative liberties are taken with this film, and that is why it will go down in history as just another World War 2 film. Nothing new here folks.