The Filth and the Fury.

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2015)

Walking back home a few days ago,I decided to take a look in a second hand DVD shop,and I was surprised to find that they were selling a rather recent DVD release at a very cheap price,that I could trade in to another shop,and get double the money back!,which led to me getting ready to jump in the tank.
The plot-
Nazi Germany 1945:
After Hitler declares that every man,women & child must join the war so that the Nazis can win,The Allies decide to push into Germany,in the hope that the war is reaching its final stages.
As they attempt to enter into Germany,the crew of a M4A3E8 Sherman tank suffer the loss of a servicemen.Meeting up with fellow soldiers, US Army S/Sgt. Don "Wardaddy" Collier is told that the only replacement soldier available for him is a man called Norman "Machine" Ellison,who has been an army typist,who has never set foot on the battle ground.Finding Ellison to be a weakling,Collier & his men take Ellison on reluctantly.With having never seen a war zone before,Ellison holds the heroic tales which he has heard as something similar to what he will experience,only to discover that the fury on the battlefield is merciless.
View on the film:
Going from the cops vs gangsters war on the streets,to the war on the battlefield,writer/director David Ayer & cinematographer Roman Vasyanov drain their extremely loose take on Staff Sergeant Lafayette G. Pool fight against the Nazis of any primary colours,with Ayer and Vasyanov rubbing dirt into the movie,as the tank (which was not a prop,but actually the last known surviving version of a Tiger I) crushes the mountains of broken bodies & gunfire in its way.Locking the Tiger I down for the final 30 minutes,Ayer and Vasyanov cast a rusty mist across the title to create a ghostly atmosphere,as the Nazis stomp out of the shadows.
Aiming for a "realistic" feel by having the characters speak in a harsh,brittle dialogue,the screenplay by Ayer completely misses its target,and fails to explode.Failing to give even the barest outline as to what locations the tank finds itself in,Ayer makes "Wardaddy" and his crew flat,cardboard cut outs,who are each shown to be extremely vicious bullies,who experience a sudden change of heart towards Ellison,despite Ellison not having done anything to make "Wardaddy's" gang of jerks display such a sudden difference of option towards him.
Appearing this time without a paper bag on his head, Shia LaBeouf gives a good,rough performance as the worn-down Boyd 'Bible' Swan,whilst Brad Pitt does well at barking orders as the stiff- drinking Don 'Wardaddy' Collier,in a film which fails to strike down with furious anger.