Taking place late in World War 2, David Ayer's Fury tells the story of a battle-hardened sergeant known as Wardaddy, who commands a Sherman tank. Returning to base after a large battle in which only his tank was left standing, Wardaddy informs his crew to resupply and prepare to move out. They've lost one of their own crew members in the fight, which leads to a young inexperienced soldier, Norman Ellison, joining their crew of rough necks. Assinged to protect the supply lines, Wardaddy and his crew head out on a deadly mission, where they find themselves outmanned and outgunned by the German's superior military equipment. David Ayer's Fury is a intense, visceral war film that holds nothing back in capturing the horror of war. Ayer's attacks the senses of his viewers, encapsulating the chaos and violence of war in a way that will leave the viewer shell-shocked and in deseperate need of a breather. Brad Pitt's Wardaddy is a character that makes Fury worth seeing, an almost anti-hero type character whose been stripped of a large portion of his morality due to what he has been through. Ayer's never feels the need to explain his backstory but it is felt, as Pitt delivers a solid performance of a steely-eyed, battle-hardened man who is at conflict with himself below the surface. Fury is an unrelenting experience that Ayer uses to capture the comraderie among soldiers of war while simulataneiously capturing the murkey morality and taxing effect it has on the human soul. Ayer has always been an underrated filmmaker in my opinion, with Fury being another showcase of Ayer's visceral brand of filmmaking.
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