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Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2017)

I came across this movie after seeing Logan Lerman in "Indignation". For such a young actor, Lerman is extraordinarily gifted. In fact, I knew nothing about Logan until I happened upon "Indignation" (quite by accident, actually).
"Fury" is powerful, but gut-wrenching. The horrors of war and the losses that occur in war are portrayed with gravity. The end is not what I was expecting, giving it all the more merit. Brad Pitt is superb in a role I might never have expected for him. "Fury" has guts. It is coarse, delivering a strong and at times a disturbing reality of what we humans do to one another in such settings. "Fury" is not for the weak of heart.
After reading some of the reviews posted here, I may be on the short straw. But, I really like this movie because of its intensity. I may watch it again to see what I might have missed the first time.
I must say once again that Logan Lerman is powerful as "Norman". I suspect his character reached me because I was only 18 one month before joining USAF (that was 1962). I was not in combat, but in overseas remote site Intel. I came of age in the Air Force. Lerman's character "Norman" speaks to me. Those days of youthful, moral righteousness and steadfast honesty are a dim memory. Like "Norman", I hardened.