FURY.
David Ayer, director of the excellent END OF WATCH and the not so great SABOTAGE delivers a grizzled and brutal tale of a tank crew in the closing days of world war 2.
The War is grinding painfully to a close as the allies cross in to Germany. The war is seemingly won but the beleaguered and desperate nazi loyalists are determined to make the allies pay for each and every inch they progress. Fury is the name given to the tank driven by Brad pitts burn scarred veteran who leads his crew, all of whom have survived all the way through from the early conflicts in Africa across the hostile land in a desperate final push to win.
Personally I found Fury a perfect antidote to the aww-shucks optimism and heroism of private ryan and band of brothers. Personally I also find it a better film than privatye ryan as well. Fury is a brutal and often intense tale of jaded heroes who carry their scars externally and internally who in their progress across country find themselves acting in often barbarous and brutal ways including a scene where they execute prisoners of war. Pretty much a film that manages to capture some of the hell of war (though not as well as come and see) the film is well worth your time and money with an intense end sequence.
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