Fury , out Friday, follows Brad Pitt on a World War II tank with Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal on a deadly mission in enemy territory for 24 hours. Directed by David Ayer, the $68 million Sony release is expected to open in the $25 million range. The Hollywood Reporter’s chief film critic Todd McCarthy writes that it’s “a good, solid World War II movie, nothing more and nothing less. Rugged, macho, violent and with a story sufficiently unusual to grab and hold interest.” The New York Times’ A. O. Scott calls it “an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress.”
