"Sisu" Review

 

by John Zenoni

Wow! Talk about a one-man revenge thriller. ‘SISU’ is something like a runaway train, in that once it starts, you can’t stop it. I haven't seen anything like this in a long time and I did enjoy it -- with the exception of a couple of things. One, we don’t really get into the backstory of the main character, Aatami Korpi, played so well by Jorma Tommila. Other than knowing he's a miner, he says very few, if any, words throughout the entire film. Second, while the action itself is great, some of the situations are really over-the-top and ludicrous, especially, involving an airplane, but I won’t say anything else -- to avoid spoilers.

‘SISU’ is a Finnish action movie (with mostly English dialogue) set in 1944 about a gold miner who encounters a squad of Nazi soldiers who try to steal his gold which, needless to say, was the wrong thing for them to do. It's a great action film and is clever but it does have extreme violence and gore, thus, it is definitely not for everyone. However, I must say, I wouldn't mind seeing the return of this ‘harmless’ old miner to see who else would like to mess with him.