Fury

Fury

Rating 7 out of 10

I like war movies.  Movies from Saving Private Ryan to Platoon.  Fury is most definitely a war movie.  It's just amazing the things those soldiers went through back then.  Amazing and sad.

Fury starts in the mid 1940's in Germany.  World War II is winding down.  Hitler is on the run and getting desperate.  A super-tough sergeant that has the nickname Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) has seen it all. He has a fatherly feel of the three guys in his tank.  He feels it's his job to keep them safe.  When one of his own dies the replacement Army sends is a green youngster that wants nothing to do with it.

The Germans have better firepower in their tanks and are kicking our butts in that department.  US Forces are at this point going from town to town taking it over trying to force Hitler to give up.  Fury doesn't have a plot line A to Z like Private Ryan did.  It more a week in the life of.  Oh what a week it was.  They are sent ahead of the other soldiers to protect some crossroads for the soldiers to soon follow.  When the tank hits a land mine they are forced to kill time until reinforcements come. Only to have a battalion of German soldiers come around the corner.  They need to hold that cross roads or to protect all the unsuspecting soldiers behind them.

Pretty boy Brad Pitt is not that pretty here but does a good job.  The acting is very good all round.  The real star of the show is the director and how he shows the real pain of war.  You feel like you are in it with them.

This is a good movie.  Wouldn't recommend it for the squeamish.  There is a lot of blood an guts from the opening sceen to the last.  If you like war movies this one is for you.