Finally! I’ve been hearing the buzz about Finnish action flick Sisu for months, and now the trailer is here and it’s awesome! We’re talkin’ Nazi-killin’ levels of awesome! We’re talkin’ dude screams out the title of the movie levels of awesome! Can this movie get here now and not in April, please?
Set in the dying days of WWII, the story centers on a prospector who discovers gold out in the middle of nowhere. He unearths it and faces hundreds of miles of dangerous wildlife and terrain to bank his riches. That would be challenging enough, except that he also runs into a bunch of Nazis who discover what he’s carrying, and so the prospector has to basically go all John Wick on their goose-steppin’ asses.
The film is a reunion of Rare Exports director Jalmari Helander and star Jorma Tommila. Also in the cast are Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo, & Onni Tommila.
Sisu opens on April 28th.
During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back – even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path. Sisu is both written and directed by Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander, director of the films Rare Exports, Big Game, and the series “Wingman” previously. It’s produced by Petri Jokiranta. This initially premiered at TIFF 2022 last year, and it also played at the Sitges Film Festival (read our review). Lionsgate is presenting, in association with Stage 6 Films, a Subzero Film Ent. production, in association with Good Chaos. Helander’s Sisu arrives in US theaters starting April 28th, 2023 this spring.
