April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Practical Effects
Real working Sherman and Tiger tanks—no CGI could replicate this weight.
Cinematography
Roman Vasyanov makes mud look almost beautiful. Almost.
Acting
LaBeouf's religious fervor vs. Bernthal's feral rage: two extremes of war damage.
Director
David Ayer
Brad Pitt
Don 'Wardaddy' Collier
Shia LaBeouf
Boyd 'Bible' Swan
Logan Lerman
Norman Ellison
Michael Peña
Trini 'Gordo' Garcia
Jon Bernthal
Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
Jim Parrack
Sergeant Binkowski
Brad William Henke
Sergeant Davis
Kevin Vance
Sergeant Peterson
Xavier Samuel
Lieutenant Parker
Jason Isaacs
Captain Waggoner
Anamaria Marinca
Irma
Alicia von Rittberg
Emma
Scott Eastwood
Sergeant Miles
Laurence Spellman
Sergeant Dillard
Daniel Betts
Burgermeister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Tiger tank is the last operational Tiger I in existence, borrowed from the Bovington Tank Museum. They only had it for one day of shooting.
Ayer based the crew dynamic on his own family's WWII service; his grandfather tanked from D-Day to Berlin. The film's grime is genealogical.
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