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\"\"<\/a>Fury<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t the best war drama around, not even in the top 5, but it\u2019s still well made and features a great cast, with Brad Pitt delivering a fine performance (one of his best in some time), that elevates the writing while Ayer\u2019s direction keeps the pacing just right. The Blu-ray released by Sony has excellent video\/audio transfers while the bonus material is quasi in-depth with 50+ minutes of deleted\/extended scenes.<\/p>\n

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Fury<\/span>
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\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, War
\nSony | R \u2013 135 min. \u2013 $34.99 | January 27, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/strong>David Ayer
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>David Ayer (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Deleted Scenes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.1 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As a director, David Ayer is becoming somewhat of a name with his violence-riddled exploitation films from cop-dramas Harsh Times<\/em>, Street Kings<\/em> (neither of which I cared for) and End of Watch<\/em> (which was pretty good) to Sabotage<\/em> (had its moments but far too frenetic for my taste) and now his WWII opus, Fury<\/em><\/strong>, a film with high hopes that doesn\u2019t quite reach its potential and yet still manages to impress at the end primarily for the acting than anything else.<\/p>\n

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Fury<\/em><\/strong> opens in April 1945, a Sherman tank commanded by Don \u2018Wardaddy\u2019 Collier (BRAD PITT) takes heavy fire from the German Nazis as the five-man crew fights behind enemy lines. Sustaining some damage, the tank returns to base for their next mission. The remaining crew includes Boyd \u2018Bible\u2019 Swan (SHIA LABEOF), Grady \u2018Coon-Ass\u2019 Travis (JON BERNTHAL) and Trini \u2018Gordo\u2019 Garcia (MICHAEL PENA) and recently assigned to replace a fallen comrade is Norman Ellison (LOGAN LERMAN), 8-months a soldier and originally trained as a clerk with no combat experience let alone ever having been inside a tank for that matter.<\/p>\n

The crew travel through war zone German taking out targets and being targeted by mightier German tanks. With other units sustaining casualties, Don and his crew take on German soldiers and along the way, Norman grows up fast. During their travels, their tank is damaged nearly beyond repair and a German platoon marching toward their location where upon they must hunker down and defend: it\u2019s five against 200+.<\/p>\n

As a war drama, Fury<\/em><\/strong> is well made under Ayer\u2019s direction. The writing, however, isn\u2019t the strongest (and he did benefit from Denzel Washington\u2019s performance in Training Day<\/em>) but with a talented cast headed by Brad Pitt, who is a bit older than what a person in his position would\u2019ve been back then, provides the right weight; Shia LaBeouf, as a appalling person that he may be, does give a solid performance in a thinly written role; Jon Bernthal once again is fantastic; and Logan Lerman was perfectly cast as a green soldier. Jason Isaacs also has a woefully brief appearance as a commanding officer.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a cardboard textured slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code of the Digital Copy<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Deleted Scenes (56:13; HD)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 We get 16 extended\/deleted scenes which provide a bit more background for the characters and a bit more plot but not sure anything especially missed. If there were a commentary, I suspect it was about pacing and keeping the running time, which was already 2 hours and 15 minutes, would\u2019ve taken the movie to nearly 3 hours. ** Blu-ray Exclusive **<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blood Brothers (11:08; HD)<\/span><\/strong> featurette looks at the cast and the unity they shared working on the film and included learning from WWII vets.<\/p>\n

Director\u2019s Combat Journal (17:31; HD)<\/span><\/strong> provides behind-the-scenes footage with David Ayer looking at his directing style and process. ** Blu-ray Exclusive **<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armored Warriors: The Real Men Inside the Sherman (12:11; HD)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 We get interviews with WWII veterans who had experience inside the Sherman tank. ** Blu-ray Exclusive **<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taming the Beasts (12:48; HD)<\/span><\/strong> provides insight into the cast learning how to drive the tank.<\/p>\n

Photo Gallery<\/span><\/strong> with pictures of the production including the cast and crew.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sony Pictures unleashes Fury<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. Not overly surprising, but the picture does provide excellent and sharp detail levels throughout while also keeping the dreary and gray tone of the wartime era, so there\u2019s not a whole lot pop of colors save for a scene or two (such as the lunch scene). There were no obvious signs of artifacts, pixilation or aliasing making for a clean transfer.
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AUDIO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The disc boasts a strong DTS-HD Master 5.1 track making the most out of the war-action sequences but also is good with the more subtle, dialogue driven moments as well, which is nice and clear. There\u2019s a special boost with mortar fire, tank rumbling and impact explosions which gives it good depth with the LFE kicking in for that extra oomph.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Fury<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t the best war drama around, not even in the top 5, but it\u2019s still well made and features a great cast, with Brad Pitt delivering a fine performance (one of his best in some time), that elevates the writing while Ayer\u2019s direction keeps the pacing just right. The Blu-ray released by Sony has excellent video\/audio transfers while the bonus material is quasi in-depth with 50+ minutes of deleted\/extended scenes.<\/p>\n


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Brian Oliver, The Movieman
\n<\/em>Published: <\/strong>02\/01\/2015<\/p>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n