Fury misfires.
FURY,written and directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt is a dark,gritty and enjoyable W.W. II drama about a five man Sherman Tank crew inside Nazi Germany.
David Ayer is no stranger in writing/directing dark,gritty action dramas with unlikable characters (TRAINING DAY with Denzel Washington). With FURY, Ayer gives us Brad Pitt as an unsympathetic Army Sergeant who has to break in a rookie soldier (played by PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTINING THIEF's Logan Lerman), who's main skill is typing 60 words per minute-not killing Nazis. The five man crew is rounded out by Shia LeBeouf as a Christian,who quotes The Bible and prays;Michael Pena (seen in Ayer's END OF THE WATCH) and Jon Bernthal, best known as Shane on THE WALKING DEAD, as a foul mouthed, kick butt and ask questions later type of soldier/mechanic.
The problem I had with FURY is that I did not find the characters likable enough to sit through this depressing 2 hour plus film. Granted, Lerman's character is the closest you come to in liking or relating to any of the characters. Unfortunately, in my opinion, his character ark turns out to be disappointing. Not to say that FURY isn't a well made film. It's just not an enjoyable way to spend two hours in front of the big screen.
I give FURY ** out of **** stars.
David Ayer is no stranger in writing/directing dark,gritty action dramas with unlikable characters (TRAINING DAY with Denzel Washington). With FURY, Ayer gives us Brad Pitt as an unsympathetic Army Sergeant who has to break in a rookie soldier (played by PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTINING THIEF's Logan Lerman), who's main skill is typing 60 words per minute-not killing Nazis. The five man crew is rounded out by Shia LeBeouf as a Christian,who quotes The Bible and prays;Michael Pena (seen in Ayer's END OF THE WATCH) and Jon Bernthal, best known as Shane on THE WALKING DEAD, as a foul mouthed, kick butt and ask questions later type of soldier/mechanic.
The problem I had with FURY is that I did not find the characters likable enough to sit through this depressing 2 hour plus film. Granted, Lerman's character is the closest you come to in liking or relating to any of the characters. Unfortunately, in my opinion, his character ark turns out to be disappointing. Not to say that FURY isn't a well made film. It's just not an enjoyable way to spend two hours in front of the big screen.
I give FURY ** out of **** stars.
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