Fury Dvd

Fury is a 2014 American war film written and directed by David Ayer, and starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The film portrays U.S. tank crews fighting in Nazi Germany during the final weeks of the European theater of World War II. Ayer was influenced by the service of veterans in his family and by reading books, such as Belton Y. Cooper’s Death Traps, about American armored units in World War II and the high casualty rates suffered by tank crews in Europe.

Plot

In early April 1945, the Allies make their final push into Nazi Germany, encountering fanatical resistance. Don “Wardaddy” Collier, a battle-hardened U.S. Army First Sergeant in the Second Armored Division, commands an M4 Sherman “Easy Eight” tank nicknamed Fury and its veteran crew: gunner Boyd “Bible” Swan, loader Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis, driver Trini “Gordo” Garcia, and assistant driver–bow gunner “Red,” all of whom have fought together since the North African campaign. Red is killed and replaced by Private First Class Norman Ellison, a clerk typist from V Corps who was transferred to be a replacement.

As they move deeper into Germany, Norman’s inexperience quickly becomes dangerous: he spots but fails to shoot Hitler Youth child soldiers who ambush the platoon leader’s tank with a Panzerfaust, killing the entire crew; later, he hesitates under fire during a skirmish with anti-tank guns. After the battle, Don spots a captured German soldier wearing a U.S. Army coat and orders Norman to execute him. When he refuses, Don wrestles the pistol into his hand and forces him to pull the trigger, killing the prisoner and traumatizing Norman.

With Don now the acting platoon leader, the tanks capture a small town with relative ease. Don and Norman then enter an apartment and encounter a German woman named Irma, and her younger cousin Emma. Don pays them in cigarettes for a hot meal and some hot water for a shave. Norman and Emma bond, and at Don’s urging, the two go into the bedroom and are implied to have sex. Later, as the four sit down to eat, the rest of the crew drunkenly barges in, harassing the women and bullying Norman, but Don firmly rebukes them. They are called away for an urgent mission, but as the men prepare to leave, German artillery targets the town, killing Emma and further traumatizing Norman.

The tank platoon is ordered to capture and hold a vital crossroads to protect the division’s rear echelon. En route, they are ambushed by a SS Tiger tank, which wipes out the entire platoon except for Fury. Fury eventually destroys the Tiger by outmaneuvering it and firing into its thinner rear armor. Unable to notify his superiors because the radio has been damaged, Don decides they must complete their mission. Upon arriving at the crossroads, the tank is immobilized by a landmine. Don sends Norman to scout a nearby hill; from there, he spots a battalion of German infantry approaching. Don realizes that it is a Waffen-SS battalion dispatched to put a halt to allied advance and decides to stay, convincing the others to stand and fight.

The men disguise Fury to make it appear to be knocked out and then hide inside. While they wait, the crew finally gives Norman a nickname – “Machine” – to show their acceptance of him. They then ambush the Germans, inflicting heavy casualties in a long and vicious battle. Grady is killed by a Panzerfaust that penetrates the turret, Gordo is shot while unpinning a grenade and sacrifices himself by covering it before it explodes, then a sniper kills Bible and severely wounds Don. Out of ammunition and surrounded, Don orders Norman to escape through the floor hatch as the Germans drop potato masher grenades into the tank. Norman slips out just before they explode, killing Don. Norman tries to hide as the Germans move on, but is spotted by a young SS soldier; the soldier hesitates, but spares his life.

The next morning, Norman crawls back into the tank, where he covers Don’s body with his jacket. He is rescued by American soldiers who praise him as a hero. As Norman is driven away in an ambulance, he looks back at the tank and numerous dead SS soldiers lying around while the American troops continue their advance.

Cast

Brad Pitt as First Sergeant Don “Wardaddy” Collier, tank commander
Shia LaBeouf as Technician fifth grade Boyd “Bible” Swan, tank gunner
Logan Lerman as Private first class Norman “Machine” Ellison, tank assistant driver/bow gunner
Michael Peña as Corporal Trini “Gordo” Garcia, tank driver
Jon Bernthal as Private First Class Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis, tank loader
Jason Isaacs as Captain Waggoner
Brad Henke as Staff Sergeant Davis
Jim Parrack as Staff Sergeant Binkowski
Xavier Samuel as Lieutenant Parker
Scott Eastwood as Sergeant Miles
Kevin Vance as Master Sergeant Peterson
Anamaria Marinca as Irma
Alicia von Rittberg as Emma
Chris Wilson as Chaplain
David Rae as Tiger I Commander
Laurence Spellman as Sergeant Dillard
Zach Avery as SS Medic (uncredited)
Adam Ganne as SS Lieutenaut
Daniel Dorr as Obersturmführer Schmidt
Berhard Forscher as Sturmbannführer Muller
Edin Gali as Hauptscharführer Wolfe