Fury

Rating: 9/10 (23 May 2015)

April 1945. The allies finished destroying the rest of the nazi's army in Germany, but they are confronted to several resistants SS'' squad. The war is apparently nearly finished, but it continues to mark bodies and spirits. It's in these difficult conditions that the young Norman (Logan Lerman) is going to join the Wardaddy's team (Brad Pitt) to do dangerous and delicate missions. The danger is clearly illustrated on the screen, whether by violent deaths or wild assaults. The idea is not to shock but rather to make feel the terrible soldier's daily life. The director (also scriptwriter), the clever David Ayer, propose an extremely realistic vision of the war and I appreciate it a lot. GI are not represented like usual American heroes indeed they don't have patriotic speeches. On the contrary, they are depicted as men who are destroyed by the war, and we can immediately understand that the ideals haven't their places on the battlefield. We discover this atmosphere through the point of view of the rookie and his mood and his state of mind contrast a lot with his new brother's in arms' one. And that was a brilliant idea from the director to insert Norman in this rough atmosphere because he represents the link between the spectator and the tank's squad. The director reminded us too, that Hero is not a natural status. You are not born as a hero, you have to change your destiny and to prove you are one. Too often in war movies, the battle scenes and the soldiers' behavior are caricatured. But the History was also made of humiliation, poverty, violence, and liberation. It's important to remember it, even in Hollywood. To conclude, Fury thus stands out as a powerful, explosive and extremely realistic war movie. Taken by an imperial casting to the beginning from the end, the movie captivates spectators during two hours and, in spite of a classic story, offers several impressive sequences. An excellent surprise!