FURY MOVIE REVIEW

War films are meant to be made realistic with historical accuracy, not with the usual qualms of giving an engaging, entertaining watch. Heavy Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Black Hawk Down are the war movies we usually tend to recall in the particular genre of war movies. As a casual movie goer, what more you might get out of such films ? Just shooting and killing ? No, there is more to it. Why do these type of war stories even attract writers and directors at the first place ? 

 

After watching every other war film, what pops your mind is, are we living a life derived from gallons of blood shed and pounds of fresh human flesh ? The sickening truth is, yes. From the civil wars to the world wars to the holocaust, war films are thwarting and candid. They take us to an alter world that once did exist and make you raise questions about the past and the money your beloved country spends on defense. 

 

Fury is cold, sharp, heart-wrenching, real and petrifying. The realism in a war movie is directly proportional to the final output of it. The war scenes have to look genuine and it has to make you feel as if you are a part of the actual stimulus. David Ayer directed Fury is about 5 odd soldiers on a road trip with a mighty tank. What do they do to get along with the war that will very soon get over ?  How are their needs and fears answered ? How are they dealing the thin line between life and death ? Fury tells you all. From killing to surviving, this film is brutal and cocky. Brad Pitt is one actor who makes acting look like an effortless peeling of banana and not some mechanized process. He is the fury in fact. Playing Sargent Don 'Wardaddy' Collier, Pitt lives the life of a daring soldier who likes killing and is also pretty sure of getting killed before the movie (war) ends. 

 

Fury scores over the other recent war movies for its impeccable production value. Cinematography takes you on a safari of war sequences. The very apt costumes and art direction makes you forget that you are watching a completely orchestrated movie acted by individuals. Lot of thought and hard-work has gone into the staging of the fighting portions. There are these lengthy dialogue driven scenes and then comes this unprecedented act of killing. Be it the falling part i.e. hitting the ground after getting shot or the oozing blood from the impact of the bullet, everything is so convincing. War films thrive on sound design. From the boots to walkies to marching to the ambiance to gun shots to blasts, sound design gives the much needed edge. Try watching war films on mute, they would be funnier than stand-up comedy. Thanks to the casting director, transformers fame Shia Labeof plays the role of a matured, god fearing shooter. Every lead character including the junior artists kilometers away from the frame have done their parts to the fullest.  

 

Lots of research has gone into the making of Fury to make it look authentic and self justifying, like the landscapes, the types of guns used, the dialect, the properties and so on. Fury is definitely not for the weak-minded. Washing of a torn face from the floor of a tank, bodies getting cut into two (literally) by piercing bullets, lungs damaging sounds of missiles and the disturbing visuals of treating human kind to that of a target in a shooting game can make you regret the decision of watching the movie. 

 

When the furious five decide to take on the incoming troops of Nazis, that's when the movie goes to a high and halts. The final encounter between the worn out tank and hundreds of shooters from the opposite is a total trepidation.