Fury is one of the most underrated war movies ever made; unfairly maligned for its unrealistic five-men-vs-three-hundred finale, in which Brad Pitt's tank crew defend their Sherman at a crossroads against the might of Hitler's remaining SS regiment, the rest of the film still stands as a captivating treatise on the oft-depicted horrors of war and the camraderie that exists between men in combat. Notably, the film's depiction of fresh fish Norman (Logan Lerman) - who has "never seen the inside of a tank" - is the film's main draw. Lerman's character is the standard audience surrogate (see also: Jeremy Davies in Saving Private Ryan) and his slow devolution from idealistic pacifist into rootin' tootin' war machine is slow, earned and believable. The connection between the five men on the inside of the tank is similarly authentic, the actors having all been through bootcamp together at the behest of tough-as-nails director David Ayer. Whatever your opinion may be on the film itself, the special features present on the Blu-ray justify its purchase, as we see exactly what lengths Ayer went to in order to create a convincing rapport between his actors. There are engaging interviews with the cast which speak to the artistic lengths that method actors pleasingly still go to in the 21st Century. The Fury Blu-ray is a solid purchase.
Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.
