SCREEN
f u ry
V
iolent, abusive, grey and most
times grisly, the story revolves
around the tank crew of the
eponymous death machine,
FURY.
Each member is tremendously different
from the next; the only thing that seems
to pull them together is their obvious and
unspoken respect for the commander,
Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier (Brad Pitt).
Essentially the film offers a contrast
between the relationship of the crew
inside and outside the tank. It’s a statement
about how war can bring together the
most divergent of people. Outside of the
tank, the crew of Boyd ‘Bible’ Swan (Shia
Leboeuf), Trini ‘Gordo’ Garcia (Michael
Peña) and Grady ‘Coon-Ass’ Travis (Jon
Bernthal) are offensive, cold and entirely
distinguishable from one another. The only
thing they have in common is their duty as
a tank crew.
Something of a character study, with no
discernable plot, the most interesting
aspect is the relationship this group of
individuals has. When they all mount up
in the armoured machine of death, they
become even closer than family. They rely
on one another to stay alive. They care
about each other on a deeper level and the
change in character is most compelling.
It’s inspiring, horrifying and an overall
enthralling examination of the lengths and
change people go through when fighting
for their lives in a war they didn’t start.
By Frederik Ferreira
Gone Girl
A
n American thriller adapted
from the 2012 novel by Gillian
Fly