Fury is a 2014 American war film set during World War II written and directed by David Ayer. The film stars Brad Pitt,
Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood.
Rehearsing for the film began in early September 2013 in Hertfordshire, England, followed by principal photography began
on September 30, 2013, in Oxfordshire. Continuing filming for a month and half at different locations including Oxford,
shooting for the film concluded on November 15. The film was released on October 17, 2014.
The film is set during the last month of the European Theater of war during World War II in April 1945. As the Allies
make their final push into Nazi Germany, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Don
"Wardaddy" Collier (Brad Pitt) commands an M4A3E8 Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew, consisting of Boyd
"Bible" Swan (Shia LeBeouf), Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis (Jon Bernthal) and Trini "Gordo" Garcia (Michael Peña). After losing
the assistant driver in battle, he gets a recently enlisted typist, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), as a replacement.
The crew, which has been together since the North African Campaign, initially despises Norman for his lack of experience
and excessive compassion towards Germans (Norman refuses to shoot a captive German artilleryman, and cannot bring himself
to shoot at Hitlerjugend teenagers because of their age), so Wardaddy makes Norman shoot a captive German soldier to
break him of his innocence.
The bond between Norman and Wardaddy becomes stronger after capturing a small German town, where Wardaddy and Norman meet
a German woman named Emma and her cousin. Norman sleeps with Emma, then joins Wardaddy and Emma's cousin for breakfast.
However, the rest of the crew barge in and cause tensions while at the table. Shortly afterwards, a German bombardment
hits the town, killing Emma and some of the American forces.
The platoon of tanks, led by Wardaddy, gets a mission to hold a vital crossing (protecting a clear way to supply trains),
but after encountering a German Tiger I, only "Fury" remains. The vehicle is immobilized after hitting a landmine;
shortly afterwards, a German column of three hundred Schutzstaffel (SS) infantry approaches. Wardaddy refuses to leave,
and the rest of the crew, initially reluctant, decides to stay and plan an ambush.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men nevertheless inflict heavy losses on the Germans, but eventually Grady,
Bible, and Gordo are all killed, and Wardaddy is wounded by a sniper. Norman and Wardaddy retreat back into "Fury" where
they share their last words. Norman escapes through the bottom hatch of the tank and hides in the crater made by the
landmine explosion, while Wardaddy stays behind and is killed by a grenade blast. A young German SS trooper finds Norman,
but does not turn him in, leaving the assistant driver hidden safely beneath the destroyed tank as the surviving German
soldiers move on.
The next morning, the U.S. Army discovers Norman, and it is revealed that the German offensive failed because of the
crew's actions. Norman is taken off to safety while he looks back at the carnage of dead German SS troops and the
destroyed "Fury".
Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood.
Rehearsing for the film began in early September 2013 in Hertfordshire, England, followed by principal photography began
on September 30, 2013, in Oxfordshire. Continuing filming for a month and half at different locations including Oxford,
shooting for the film concluded on November 15. The film was released on October 17, 2014.
The film is set during the last month of the European Theater of war during World War II in April 1945. As the Allies
make their final push into Nazi Germany, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Don
"Wardaddy" Collier (Brad Pitt) commands an M4A3E8 Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew, consisting of Boyd
"Bible" Swan (Shia LeBeouf), Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis (Jon Bernthal) and Trini "Gordo" Garcia (Michael Peña). After losing
the assistant driver in battle, he gets a recently enlisted typist, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), as a replacement.
The crew, which has been together since the North African Campaign, initially despises Norman for his lack of experience
and excessive compassion towards Germans (Norman refuses to shoot a captive German artilleryman, and cannot bring himself
to shoot at Hitlerjugend teenagers because of their age), so Wardaddy makes Norman shoot a captive German soldier to
break him of his innocence.
The bond between Norman and Wardaddy becomes stronger after capturing a small German town, where Wardaddy and Norman meet
a German woman named Emma and her cousin. Norman sleeps with Emma, then joins Wardaddy and Emma's cousin for breakfast.
However, the rest of the crew barge in and cause tensions while at the table. Shortly afterwards, a German bombardment
hits the town, killing Emma and some of the American forces.
The platoon of tanks, led by Wardaddy, gets a mission to hold a vital crossing (protecting a clear way to supply trains),
but after encountering a German Tiger I, only "Fury" remains. The vehicle is immobilized after hitting a landmine;
shortly afterwards, a German column of three hundred Schutzstaffel (SS) infantry approaches. Wardaddy refuses to leave,
and the rest of the crew, initially reluctant, decides to stay and plan an ambush.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men nevertheless inflict heavy losses on the Germans, but eventually Grady,
Bible, and Gordo are all killed, and Wardaddy is wounded by a sniper. Norman and Wardaddy retreat back into "Fury" where
they share their last words. Norman escapes through the bottom hatch of the tank and hides in the crater made by the
landmine explosion, while Wardaddy stays behind and is killed by a grenade blast. A young German SS trooper finds Norman,
but does not turn him in, leaving the assistant driver hidden safely beneath the destroyed tank as the surviving German
soldiers move on.
The next morning, the U.S. Army discovers Norman, and it is revealed that the German offensive failed because of the
crew's actions. Norman is taken off to safety while he looks back at the carnage of dead German SS troops and the
destroyed "Fury".