You Know You're Wrong When You Fridge a Woman in a *War Movie*

Fury
2014
D: David Ayer
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Pros: Atmosphere, Score by Steven Price
Cons: Some Cheap Plot Points and a Flawed Character Arc


      David Ayer, with the help of cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, demonstrates better directorial acumen in this than he does in subsequent movies.  Wonderfully gritty depiction of the horrors moral corruption of war faced by a tank crew (Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal).  The film also stars Jason Isaacs.
      What brings the movie down is the primary arc of Norman "Machine" Ellison (Logan Lerman).  This kid is pretty ambivalent about killing Nazis until they accidentally kill a girl (Alicia von Rittberg) that Brad Pitt coerced him into having sex with as her mother older cousin (Anamaria Marinca) watches helplessly.  It's possibly the worst example of Fridging a Woman I've seen.

My video review of with GuanYu56 (please forgive the terrible audio quality)