Jorma Tommila

Aksel Hennie

Jack Doolan

Mimosa Willamo

Onni Tommila

Tatu Sinisalo

Wilhelm Enckell

Vincent Willestrand

Arttu Kapulainen

Elina Saarela

Ilkka Koivula

Max Ovaska

Joel Hirvonen

Pekka Huotari

Severi Saarinen

Aamu Milonoff

Joonas Brilli

Nicholas Francett

Kevin Francett

Eemeli Franssi

Jussi Kaila

Jarkko Klemetti

Henri Koljonen

Pekka Laakso

Martti Näätä Leinonen

Joosua Oja

Pietari Paappanen

Oskari Skyttä

Tomi Lampinen

Mila Leppälä

Jasmi Mäenpää

Nora Nevia

Jenna Tyni

Anssi-Pekka Fredriksson

Jarmo Hietamäki

Wellu Mikkonen

Akseli Hakovirta

Juho-Lauri Hakovirta

Iisko Hirvasvuopio

Sakari Maliniemi

Jukka Vuorela

Ari Joki

Nikita Makkojev

Jasmin Valjas

Linnea Vilppunen

Hannu Anttila

Mario Esposito

Tarmo Hassinen

Miia Heikkinen

Kimmo Henriksson

Arto Kairajärvi

Risto Korhonen

Mirva Korvala

Steven Madlin

Julia Malmsten

Annika Moisio

Kari Parkkinen

Tommi Pelkonen

Arto Peltomäki

Leena Sormunen

Pekka Virkkunen

Jukka Virtanen

Tinwelindon Belbog

Jalmari Helander

Petri Jokiranta

Mike Goodridge

Gregory Ouanhon

Antonio Salas

Kjell Lagerroos

Otso Linnalaakso

Anna Vilppunen

Salla Yli-Luopa

Juho Virolainen

Jani Pinomaa

Tuula Nikkola

Olli Kasper

Minna Hyypiö

Pia Nurmi

Sirkka Rautiainen

Martin Ware

Vili Laitinen

Petri Kärkkäinen

Ville Katajala

Vesa Meriläinen

Henkka Niemistö

Tapio Aaltonen

Elina Tyni

Riikka Lampinen

Sara Puljula

Tuomas Wäinölä

Juri Seppä

Ilkka Herkman

Arttu Peljo

Petra Rossi

Petteri Linnus

Antti Kulmala

Ville Kaasalainen

Siim Kaarel Saluri

Jenni Aejmelaeus-Pyysing

Clara Bourgeot

Liisa Lähdeaho

Tytti Vaaleri

Emily Bowyer

Daniel Lindvik

Jakke Huovinen

Konsta Mannerheimo

Mitch Toles

Konstantin Dimitrov

Nikolay Gerjikov

Ari Huuskonen

Mikko Hyyti

Jukka Kiiski

Mikko Monto

Ondrej Podzimek

Filip Popov

Iiro Heikkilä

Marko Keskitalo

Oula Kitti

Juha-Pekka Aaltonen

Marco Godles

Jan Granström

Teemu Liakka

Nelli Nyman

Eepu Näsi

Andrus Prikk

Tim Roels

Aki Ruostepuro

Teppo Salonen

Tomi Stenqvist

Ari Virem

Aaro Visala

Jouni Välitalo

Janina Witkowski

Anja Behm

Hilma Heinonen

Riina Hyypiä

Riikka Mäntymaa

Teija Rissanen

Elina Ström

Jori Hämäläinen

Pauli Kairismaa

Nina Erwes

Ellen Steers

Simone Dietrich

Joona Jaakkola

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Chris Sawin

_Sisu_ is an hour and a half slaughter fest loaded with despicable characters that you will actually enjoy seeing being ripped to pieces.

It is a film that endorses its simplicity a bit too heavily, but is an otherwise immensely entertaining piece of popcorn entertainment that will satisfy action junkies.

**Full review:** https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/05/10/sisu-review-buying-the-golden-farm/



Sisu is a Finnish film, not from Quentin Tarantino but certainly cut from the same variety of gruesome cloth. The film is visceral and over the top, celebrating slaughter, in a variety of horrifically novel, ways. 

I personally found the whole affair gratuitous, to be honest. What dwelt at the back of my mind and I feel should be remembered, is war is not a joke or a carnival. 

I grew up surrounded by people who lived and in some cases, served during WWII. The few tales they told were sad, often tragic and spoke of people trapped into a reality, not of their making or their wanting.

On the upside, Sisu is well paced, exposition driven and has lots of variety in its action. Acting is solid but exposition, is really this flicks, true driver. On a certain level too, this film, recalls spaghetti Westerns, with a WWII, make over. 

In summary, if you like splatter style films, you'll probably like this, Just keep in mind, real people lived and died in WWII, on both sides. War is not a game, its not an entertainment.

The movie is all action but without special computer effects (at least none that are over the top like almost all Hollywood movies in last decade). It's all killing and blood with some unrealistic scenes but still a lot better than Hollywood stuff of last decade. No woke stuff here. Definitely worth watching for hour and a half of entertainment without political or social propaganda.

CinemaSerf

I did quite enjoy this, but you really do have to be prepared to leave your common sense at the door. It's all about a man "Aatami" (Jorma Tommila) who having had a brutal WWII already, has taken refuge in the remote Finnish wilderness where he is panning for - and finds - gold. Packing up, he sets off for civilisation but en route, encounters a dishevelled Nazi tank patrol under the command of "Bruno" (Aksel Hennie). Initially, they have little interest in the pilgrim, but some gunfire and explosions shortly after he passes them piques their interest and soon the most perilous of manhunts is engaged. The "Sisu" myth is based around a person who is not immortal, but who simply refuses to die - and "Aatami" certainly fits the bill. He flirts with knives, bullets, landmines and even the noose but death clearly doesn't want him just yet! Can he get his gold to the bank? It is gory, this film, but I found in quite a light-hearted way. Limbs blown hither and tither but somehow not in a menacing, or scary, fashion. Indeed, at times the action is actually mildly entertaining - especially when the women prisoners are given the opportunity for some good old-fashioned revenge. It's told with an hybrid Guy Ritchie or Sergio Leone style, episodically, and for the first hour works quite well. The tail end, though, falls away as the film - always of questionable plausibility - becomes just a little bit too "A-Team". There isn't much dialogue to comment on - no bad thing; and the action comes thick and fast in a production that is wonderfully illustrative of the bleakness of this environment (and of some with an human soul).

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

There’s a great deal of pleasure to be had in watching one man violently dispatch dozens of evil Nazis, and the WWII action film “Sisu” is a brutal, bloody delight. This midnight movie from writer-director Jalmari Helander embraces a comic book mentality that’s balanced with gory kills, a hearty dose of wit, and a potent story about courage and determination.

With the second world war coming to an end, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) in the Lapland wilderness of Northern Finland searches for gold with his last remaining companion: his dog. The pair cross paths with a band of Nazis who have left a path of scorched-earth destruction in their wake. Seeing an easy target, the Nazis steal the man’s large bag of gold. What they didn’t bargain for is that the man they’ve pissed off is no ordinary miner. The prospector is an ex-commando who is the stuff of legends, and he becomes a one-man death squad who will do anything to get his gold back. Unfortunately for the thieves, this means killing every single Nazi that comes into sight.

The film’s title comes from the Finnish concept of “sisu,” a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. It’s a kick-ass idea to build a story upon, and Helander creates a myth that seems both outrageous yet plausible. The film is divided into chapters, each adding another level of depth to the narrative (including an unexpected and rousing piece that celebrates female empowerment). Viewers looking for nonstop action may find the film to be slow in parts, but the character development is well done (in reality, the pacing is almost perfect).

Helander understands the real reason you’re here, though: to watch a good old fashioned Nazi massacre. Once the violence starts, it does not disappoint. There are shootings, stabbings, hangings, immolations, and all manners of complete annihilation. Body parts fly, men are crushed by tanks, and a horse explodes, just to name a few. As the kills pile up, the cheers for the body count of dead Nazis grow louder.

“Sisu” is a skillfully crafted action film that’s a ton of fun. There’s plenty of bloody killing, but also an absorbing dramatic arc that quietly builds into a deafening crescendo.

This is gourmet action food. If you think Marvel heroes are great, they pale compared to this guy. Or, if you just like watching Nazis get the living shit beat out of them, (I know I do) this is the film to watch. Or maybe you just want to see raped women get empowered for revenge. Sisu has all that. And it's bloody.

I also love words that have no direct translation to English, like the Portuguese word soldade, or the German Schadenfreude. Now I've learned another, the Finnish word Sisu: A white-knuckled courage and unimaginable determination.

WWII action thriller about a lone man and ex-military that mines gold in Lapland, Finland during 1944 and the retreat of nazis forces. After encountering an abundant quantity of gold he encounters retreating units of nazis, a bigger one that encounters him, and a little one that messes with him and hell is set loose.

Jalmari Helander director and writer did a good job on this one, that is divided in chapters - similarities with Rambo III and John Wick aren't so coincide since the production crew worked in John Wick.

Wait for gory deaths, and very good choreographies on the sequences of fighting. The story is also original in it's way and reminds a lot Tarantino.

Jorma Tommila as Aatami the protagonist does a good job, better that Keanu btw. There are some goofs as the post WWII tank used by the germans but ok.

Good production and fun if you like revenge and violent movies, a 7,0 out of 10,0 / B for me.

Sisu is an utterly ridiculous film.

If Aatami was a woman, at least one "reviewer" here would be wailing about how woke this movie is, because it's only acceptable escapism if it's a man surviving a tank assault, a flurry of bullets, mines, immolation, drowning, hanging, and a goddamn plane crash.

That being said, Sisu was indeed, quite an entertaining movie.

Official Clip - 'Nazi Encounter'

Official Clip - 'Hangman'

Official Clip - 'One Man Death Squad'

Official Clip - "Underwater"

Official Clip - 'Minefield'

Official Red Band Trailer

TIFF 2022 - "Sisu" World Premiere with Director Jalmari Helander, Jack Doolan and Cast

Sisu( 2022)

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