In the last months of World War II, as the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' commands a Sherman tank called 'Fury' and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Pitt is at the top of his game, playing a man who has forgotten whatever he used to be and has wholly embraced his role in this war.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
5 Jan 2015
rotten:
It's an "unflinching" account of war -- "unflinching," in quotes, because every moment of the film is composed to grind your face into the muck and be proud of itself for doing so.
– Jake Coyle,
Associated Press,
5 Jan 2015
fresh:
Pitt, who at 50 still looks great with his shirt off, has the gruff charisma to play a dauntless soldier with killer courage and a vestigial streak of humanity.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
5 Jan 2015
rotten:
While these orgies of violence are staged with tense, gruesome precision, they don't convey much beyond what we already know. Namely, that war is hell. Message received.
– Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Jan 2015
fresh:
An impressively solid World War II movie of the kind they don't make anymore.