War drama “Heart of Steel”: Convincing effects, weak characters – Leipzig Internet newspaper

Martin Scholer

31/12/2014

Tank commander Don Collier (Brad Pitt) is behind the German lines the horror.

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 The American War epic is suitable for mass production again. Whether in the Fantasy Variation à la “Pacific Rim” or, as in “Heart of Steel” in which loosely geared toward historical facts variety. Unlike last in the blockbusters of Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”), which were praised and awarded by the professional world, puts Action specialist David Ayer (“End of Watch”), the focus in his tank drama less strong figures, but in a convincing special effects.
 
 

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Captured 16 years have passed since Hollywood ” Saving Private Ryan “the last good movie about the conquest of Western Europe by the allied forces during the Second World War brought into the cinemas. The public will have to wait on. David Ayer shall in no way in the footsteps of Steven Spielberg. And actor Brad Pitt is not the next Tom Hanks.

The film is about the crew of a Sherman tank, the soldiers affectionately called “Fury” (Eng. Anger) have baptized. The resentment of the leader of the five-man unit, Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt), aimed first and foremost the fanatical SS fighters. Again and again bring the men (including Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, Logan Lerman and Jon Bernthal) with their companions in hostile plain front, where they expected an enemy that seems to be technically and sometimes better staffed.

David Ayers film is a feast for lovers of juicy action cinema. The director projected the American version of the war on the big screen. The German soldiers act stupidly, but absolutely fanatical. The Americans, however, are fighting and dying hero always way. Cliché and pathos give the jack in the hand. Much explodes. War everyday and tank battles seem lifelike staged

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The men around Collier are killers, such as the brutal Southerners Coon-Ass (Walking Dead “star Jon Bernthal).

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The incidents of abuse and killing of prisoners of war what this movie is, of course, in order Two scenes give the viewer immediately memories. of atrocities committed by the US soldiers in the recent past, such as during the recent war in Iraq. Ayer does not raise the moral high ground, but legitimizes the shootings in the film plot by letting refer protagonist Collier on the SS membership of those affected. The representation may correspond to reality criticism would still attached vigilante justice is a crime in the United States

The director also shows the ugly side of “total war”, the Josef Goebbels in 1944 proclaimed:… child soldiers, corpses that horrible wounds, burns in the living body. “Heart of Steel” is not a strip for the squeamish. Brad Pitt convinced as stoic anti-hero. Logan Lerman, who embodies a bloody beginner in Colliers unit, once and for all by his Milchbubi image exempted. Shia LaBeouf remains conspicuously inconspicuous.

Despite strong moments does not link “Heart of Steel” in the tradition of great American World War II epics, which in 1998 with “The Thin Red Line” and “Saving Private Ryan” their temporary has an end. Ayer sets with increasing playing time too much on sensationalism, but loses the development of the characters from the eyes. Therefore, the strip is presentable war action. The film lacks the strong anti-war message, which characterizes a prominent war epic. What remains is an average performer ensemble with two or three stars. In addition, well-targeted effects that carry the deadly atmosphere for 134 minutes in the movie theater

US / UK / China 2014. D: David Ayer, D: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, 134 min, Rated 16

 Film release is January 1 to see the CineStar, Cineplex, Regina Palace and UCI Nova Eventis

The page for the film.

www.herzausstahl-film.de/site

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