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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Simply Perfect

A lot of fun.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Directed by Fritz Lang, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bartlett Cormack that was based on Norman Krasna's story, this essential drama, an indictment of "mob rule", features Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, and Walter Brennan (among others). Krasna received an Academy Award nomination for his Original Story. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1995.Tracy, with fiancée Sidney, is suspected of kidnapping and arrested by Brennan. An angry mob, led by Bruce Cabot, is incensed and storms the jail where Brennan can't stop them from burning it down. Sidney and the others assume Tracy was killed in the fire, but he wasn't. He shows up at his brother's (Frank Albertson) and learns that the real kidnappers have been caught. So, he wants the mob prosecuted for "lynching" him. Walter Abel is the DA who pursues a conviction against a couple of dozen from the crowd.The problem is, of course, Tracy wasn't actually killed, even though everyone (save his brother) thinks he is. Can he be convinced not to go through with his revenge which may mean the execution for murder of many people?

FURY is a film in which Fritz Lang very seriously touch sensitive social topics. I would not go so far as to put this movie in a certain form of cultural, historical and social criticism. The story is pretty interesting, and the topic is very difficult.Theme is mob violence, its approach is coldly judicial, its treatment as relentless and unsparing as the lynching it portrays. Lang is brilliant again. From the point of view of case law when the lynching in question some things are legitimate while others are not. Lang wants to take all of us look back and let's get serious. This is demonstrated by certain camera angles that are at the same time disturbing and touching. I think that many people bothered that one socially sensitive topic presented original and authentic. Basically every society is unhealthy. If we accept this fact before, the faster it will heal. We are used to push things under the carpet.The cinematography is flawless. Lang's touch can be felt. The acting is good. Performance of actors is quite convincing. Mr. Tracy's bitter portrait of Joe Wilson, Miss Sidney's moving portrayal of the sweetheart, Walter Abel's District Attorney, Edward Ellis as the Sheriff, Bruce Cabot as the town bully, Frank Albertson and George Walcott as Wilson's brothers, Walter Brennan's loose-mouthed rustic deputy.One man is a victim of society. The man was furious and vindictive. The man who does not forgive. A man who loves and who is punished.The film was not supposed to end happily. The essence is lost. However, congratulations Mr. Lang.

Powerful examination of mob (in)justice.A man, Joe Wilson (played by Spencer Tracy), travels across state to meet his fiancé/girlfriend, Katherine (played by Sylvia Sidney). Along the way he is mistaken for a kidnapper, arrested and held in the local jail. The local townspeople, through gossip and stupidity, then take it upon themselves to punish him, burning down the jail, with him in it. However...The buildup to and execution of the lynching scene are brilliant. Famed director Fritz Lang builds the feeling of injustice and powerlessness on the part of the authorities and accused to do anything about it. By the time the scene occurs, the viewer's anger levels are sky-high. Very powerful storytelling by Lang.At this point the movie was a damning indictment on mob mentality. Politicians, shown pandering to the media and thinking about elections rather than the safety of their citizens, don't come off looking too good either. So far, so good - very true to life.However, the remainder of the movie, while still good, was not as convincing, focused or powerful. What follows feels a bit contrived, and even makes the victim into the villain. The ending was more about sentimentality than profundity and was a bit unsatisfying.Overall, a good movie, but could have been a masterpiece.

There isn't Much going on in this Small Town so when there is a Celebrity Suspect Caught in a Widely Known Kidnapping Case the Citizens Spiral out of Control in Their Dimwitted Zeal and Decide to Unleash some Mob Justice.A Towny Leaps on a Table in a Bar and Shouts..."Let's go have a little fun!"So with Ropes and Self-Righteousness on Their side its off to the Jail and a Burning, Bombing, "Lynching", takes place. In this Odd Film from MGM (they had absolutely no confidence in it), Director Fritz Lang Begins in America with His Display of Social Commentary. Something the Studio Usually Shunned.Spencer Tracy is Fine as a "Jekyll and Hyde" Everyman and Sydney Sylvia has an Expressive Face with Deep Concern and Exudes Empathy. Lang is a Stylist and here He Manages some Expressionistic Shots that Add to the Odd Feel of the Film. The Good Cast is Cloaked in Melodrama and the Movie is a Dark, Artistic Display of Depression Era Desperation and Bad Behavior.It's a Scathing Indictment of Unconstitutionality and the Populace Running Amok. A Barber says..."I had to read the Constitution to become a Citizen...you didn't have to because you were born here."The Film is Dense in its Societal Concerns as the Country was Experiencing the Pains of the Depression and the World was Waiting for War. They didn't have to Wait Long and Lang Knew what was Coming and was Determined to Shout Out to Anyone who would Listen, Using His Symbolic Sensibilities and a Flare for the Dramatic.Overall, it is a Movie that is Thought Provoking through the Lens of Lang and Predicted the Use of Electronic Surveillance Footage to Convict Criminals. Fritz Lang's Films were Almost Always Ahead of Their Time and the Director was Forever Pushing it to the Limit with more Artistry then Believability and that was part of His Appeal as an Auteur.