FIRST LOOK: Brad Pitt is a battle hardened soldier facing impossible odds in new trailer for WWII film Fury

By Shyam Dodge

Published: 09:29 EST, 25 June 2014 | Updated: 18:50 EST, 25 June 2014

No task is too great for Brad Pitt, even when it means facing down 300 Nazis with only four men at his side.

The first trailer for the 50-year-old's WWII film Fury sees him try to overcome impossible odds as he is tasked with stopping a large force of Germans with a massively depleted tank unit.

But Pitt's character Wardaddy is up for the challenge, as he declares to his men upon the eve of their confrontation 'we've never backed down before'.

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Impossible odds: Brad Pitt plays Sergeant Wardaddy in new film Fury

Impossible odds: Brad Pitt plays Sergeant Wardaddy in new film Fury

The clip opens with Wardaddy speaking in a sombre voice about the trials of war: 'If you think it can't get worse. It can and it will. The dying's not done, the killing's not done.'

Adding: 'I promised my crew a long time ago that I'd keep them alive.'

Wardaddy and his crew are then seen arriving back to camp as the only survivors of a dangerous mission.***

Leader: Wardaddy must take his men on a dangerous mission

Leader: Wardaddy must take his men on a dangerous mission

The aftermath of war: Shia Labeouf stars as a soldier under Pitt who must confront his own traumas on the battlefield

The aftermath of war: Shia Labeouf stars as a soldier under Pitt who must confront his own traumas on the battlefield

The platoon is given a new recruit, who the captain must train on the fly while performing one bloody mission after another.

We learn along the way that Wardaddy began the war by killing Germans in Africa and is now killing Germans in Germany.

Scenes of the German countryside are juxtaposed with massive tank battles full of gore and explosions.

Fighting the Nazis: The tank unit takes on a suicide mission at the close of WWII in 1945

Fighting the Nazis: The tank unit takes on a suicide mission at the close of WWII in 1945

Marching orders: Wardaddy carries the burden of leadership as he must lead his men to their certain deaths

Marching orders: Wardaddy carries the burden of leadership as he must lead his men to their certain deaths

Kill orders: Wardaddy is given his mission by a superior

Kill orders: Wardaddy is given his mission by a superior

But soon the platoon is given their most dangerous mission of all - trying to keep at bay 300 soldiers all by themselves.

The trailer also touches upon the traumas experienced by soldiers in the aftermath of battle, as Shia Labeouf tells the new recruit: 'Wait till you see what a man can do to another man.'

While, Wardaddy declares: 'Ideals are peaceful, history is violent.'

Hitting it head on: The team readies themselves for battle

Hitting it head on: The team readies themselves for battle

Weighing the odds: The remaining unit considers fleeing upon seeing the massive force they must confront

Weighing the odds: The remaining unit considers fleeing upon seeing the massive force they must confront

Tank musings: Pitt plays a man troubled by his burden as a leader and a soldier

Tank musings: Pitt plays a man troubled by his burden as a leader and a soldier

Hard lessons: The leader teaches that 'ideals are peaceful, history is violent'

Hard lessons: The leader teaches that 'ideals are peaceful, history is violent'

Later one of the men question the odds (five against 300) but Wardaddy says 'we're still in this fight' to bolster morale as they face certain death.

The film tells the story of Sergeant Wardaddy who leads an American tank unit at the close of WWII in Germany. Soldiers in his unit are played by Shia, Jason Isaacs, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Pena.

The film, directed by David Ayer, hits theatres on November 14.

Heavy burden: The poster for the film depicts Wardaddy's anguish over the tolls exacted by war

Heavy burden: The poster for the film depicts Wardaddy's anguish over the tolls exacted by war

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Grotesque drivel. A fictions tank unit and lo and behold Brad Pitt is the only man who can save WW2. There he is again and again, posing, squinting, monologue with obvious political correctness disguised as wisdom - he is the chosen one. Pan to his face and self as he walks with confidence again and again and again then stands all heroically as he is told he is the only hope. What a farce.

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Oh come on. It's probably a fine movie but how many combat soldiers are 50 years old? In WWII or any war for that matter?

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That was my worry too. He's too old for this role. (Also, that's not much rank for an old guy.)

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i would:)))) yes i would:) i would i would:)

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I just hope it is better than the recent "Monuments Men". That film had much promise but was too short and too choppy. Burt Lancaster in "The Train" was better.

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the propaganda against the great man continues.....

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I prefer to watch the documentaries about real ally heroes of WW11, so much more interesting.

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Pitt looks like he's phoning it in in a couple spots, but overall it looks pretty good. I like Michael Pena and the younger actors are hungry enough to put in an honest performance. I'll probably go see it. Nothing like a war movie on the big screen.

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Mr Pitt is very easy on the eye. (So are his kids.) (And their mother.). :-)

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Why is he doing all these WW11 movies.

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Brad is looking very handsome

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