“Fury” follows a tank crew in WWII occupied Germany. This gripping film is set up nicely by gritty opening..A field of destruction and mayhem lays ahead of a German soldier on horseback as he rides through the battle field to assess the damage. Suddenly, Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) jumps off the tank and kills the German soldier.

The crew, Boyd “Bible” Swan, played by Shia LeBeouf, Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis, played by Jon Bernthal,and Trini “Gordo” Garcia (Michael Peña), with Don “Wardaddy” Collier leading them, goes through many trials over the course of the movie.

First they lose their long time friend, who was an assistant driver in the tank. Needing to find a replacement and link up with another unit, they travel across the warzone to another base where they pick up a new young soldier, Norman Ellison, played by Logan Lerman. Scared to death, Ellison has to deal with his own reservations in order to live another day. The crew, eventually managed to guide the young soldier into becoming a fighting machine.

The banter between the crews is on point. Having served in the military, I can say I felt right at home with all the conversations they were having. While they gave each other trouble in their banter, they were there to back each other up the entire time.

The film was filled with amazing graphics and action. While it was a movie based on war, the writers did an excellent job at building up each of the characters. The details in the action went all the way down to something as small as the ratio of bullets to tracer and the color of the German tracers.

It brought you in and never let you go. The movie was so intense that it was able to pull the audience in; to where a single crackle from a gun made several of the audience jump out of their seats.

Steven Price, “Fury’s” music composer, did an excellent job with setting the moods in the film.The film was excellently scored to tell each scene: whether it was running into battle or the serene calm of a dinner table.

I give this film an overall 4.5 out of 5. “Fury” was over all a moving and apt military drama.