Title – Sisu (2022)
Director – Jalmari Helander (Big Game)
Cast – Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Mimosa Willamo
Plot – Legendary ex-soldier turned gold prospector Aatami (Tommila) discovers the find of a lifetime but trying to reach civilisation at the tail-end of World War 2 in the Lapland wilds turns into a dangerous battle of survival when he runs across a group of desperate Nazi’s led by a vicious commander (Hennie).
“Vengeance is golden”
Spoken about and promoted as a type of aged gold hunting Finish John Wick vs rampaging Nazi’s, Sisu is certainly a B-movie with a fabulous action idea, yet while it has an abundance of inventive kills and thrills, Jalmari Helander’s film isn’t able to breakout in a major way as it plods along its way to deliver action goodness around a forgettable story…