Fury
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April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
What critics thought
Critics were split on whether Fury's visceral, unsparing combat sequences add up to something genuinely meaningful or merely brutal. Admirers found it a refreshingly honest WWII film that threads between sanitized heroism and empty nihilism, while detractors felt the film's ambitions outpaced its execution, leaving it closer to a conventional platoon picture dressed in grime. Audience response was considerably warmer than critical opinion.
“Within this gore-spattered, superficially nihilistic carapace is an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“This is a memorable motion picture, accurately depicting the horrors of war without reveling in the depravity of man (like Platoon). Equally, it shows instances of humanity without resorting to the rah-rah, sanitized perspective that infiltrated many war films of the 1950s and 1960s.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“Brad Pitt plays a watered-down version of his Inglourious Basterds character in this disappointingly bland look at a World War II tank crew.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Though much of Fury crumbles in the mind, the power of its best moments lingers: the writhing of Ellison as he's forced to kill; the frightening vibe of the scene with German women; the meanness on some soldiers' faces and soul-sickness on others'.”
David Edelstein·New York
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
David AyerDirector
Brad PittDon 'Wardaddy' Collier
Shia LaBeoufBoyd 'Bible' Swan
Logan LermanNorman Ellison
Michael PeñaTrini 'Gordo' Garcia
Jon BernthalGrady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
Jim ParrackSergeant Binkowski
Brad William HenkeSergeant Davis
Kevin VanceSergeant Peterson
Xavier SamuelLieutenant Parker
Jason IsaacsCaptain Waggoner
Anamaria MarincaIrma
Alicia von RittbergEmma
Steven PriceComposer
Roman VasyanovCinematographyFury
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
What critics thought
Critics were split on whether Fury's visceral, unsparing combat sequences add up to something genuinely meaningful or merely brutal. Admirers found it a refreshingly honest WWII film that threads between sanitized heroism and empty nihilism, while detractors felt the film's ambitions outpaced its execution, leaving it closer to a conventional platoon picture dressed in grime. Audience response was considerably warmer than critical opinion.
“Within this gore-spattered, superficially nihilistic carapace is an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“This is a memorable motion picture, accurately depicting the horrors of war without reveling in the depravity of man (like Platoon). Equally, it shows instances of humanity without resorting to the rah-rah, sanitized perspective that infiltrated many war films of the 1950s and 1960s.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“Brad Pitt plays a watered-down version of his Inglourious Basterds character in this disappointingly bland look at a World War II tank crew.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Though much of Fury crumbles in the mind, the power of its best moments lingers: the writhing of Ellison as he's forced to kill; the frightening vibe of the scene with German women; the meanness on some soldiers' faces and soul-sickness on others'.”
David Edelstein·New York
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
David AyerDirectorBrad PittDon 'Wardaddy' CollierShia LaBeoufBoyd 'Bible' SwanLogan LermanNorman EllisonMichael PeñaTrini 'Gordo' GarciaJon BernthalGrady 'Coon-Ass' TravisJim ParrackSergeant BinkowskiBrad William HenkeSergeant DavisKevin VanceSergeant PetersonXavier SamuelLieutenant ParkerJason IsaacsCaptain WaggonerAnamaria MarincaIrmaAlicia von RittbergEmmaSteven PriceComposerRoman VasyanovCinematographyRent & Buy