150 Word Review: 'Fury' (2014)
March of the Shermans
Consider the tank, a coffin on treads. Sure, bullets bounce off armor, but a well-placed enemy shell can turn those tin cans into in literal hell. In writer/director David Ayer's gory war drama Fury, Yanks and Nazis die horrible deaths.
Movies about the Second World War reflect history: it was a global conflict, ugly and brutal but necessary. The very best of this genre centers on the sacrifices made by the All-American men who fought fascism—patriots.
Logan Lerman plays a rookie assigned to a battle-hardened tank crew led by Brad Pitt's 'Wardaddy,' a no-bullshit sergeant barely hanging on to his sanity. The rest of the crew is played by Shia LeBeouf, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Peña, a tight-knit, traumatized family of greasy maniacs. Ayers does not see the romance in World War II; there is only madness. Maybe a few Allies held on to their humanity... but just a few.