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SummaryDuring 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-command... Read More

Directed By:Jalmari Helander

Written By:Jalmari Helander

Sisu

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Generally Favorable
70
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6.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
72% Positive
18 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Apr 27, 2023
100
Original-Cin
A hybrid action/war/revenge film with enough octane to blast Michael Bay out of competition.
Apr 27, 2023
88
Observer
Ostensibly a middling programmer meant to satiate our cinematic bloodlust during the lull between John Wick 4 and The Equalizer 3, this period neck-snapper from Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander may not only surpass both those films, it could end up taking the gore-splattered crown as the most satisfying, over-the-top violent action movie of the summer.
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Generally Favorable
66% Positive
136 Ratings
22% Mixed
45 Ratings
12% Negative
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Feb 24, 2024
10
MoultonHawk
I thought it was brilliant! PThe best movie of the year for me. Promoted only on X that I saw, and it paid off big time. So much fun, better than a John Wick movie to me and definitely better than a superhero movie. Done by chapter, vigilante was perfect, story was wild but so much fun, and filmed beautifully. Thank you team SISU.
Jun 1, 2023
10
BrotherPaul
Excellent Blood and guts redemption film taking out the garbage (even though I have German heritage). I wish the Finnish would put out a film about their best sniper The White Death Simo Häyhä. Now that would be a masterpiece!
May 25, 2023
80
The Telegraph
Aatami is like some figure out of folk myth let loose on his persecutors, shaking off a ridiculous assortment of injuries between one set piece and the next.
Apr 28, 2023
80
IGN
Sisu keeps it simple as a smaller-focus WWII epic that loves killing Nazis as much as we love watching them die in over-the-top ways.
Apr 24, 2023
70
Arizona Republic
The violence is gory enough to make the audience squirm, and just cartoonish enough to give it permission to laugh. Like the “John Wick” movies, it’s really one brutal set piece after another, though the choreography is not as poetic here.
Apr 25, 2023
58
IndieWire
Jalmari Helander’s Sisu is basically what might happen if someone transplanted “Fury Road” into Finland, lost 90 percent of what made that film into an unrepeatable force of nature, and tried to make up the difference by exploding as many Nazis as possible in outrageously violent fashion.
Apr 27, 2023
40
Los Angeles Times
It may have benefited from a quickened pace, or touches of humor, or heightened stakes because — at least in this film — watching Nazis get theirs is a vein of amusement that runs dry.
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May 31, 2023
10
davethefxguy
Amazing film, beautifully paced, gracefully shot, well written, fun as hell all the characters were great and the payoff is awesome. Hollywood should take note a movie should be an experience worth conversing about. Most hollywood movies are a conversation being lectured to you by a **** and then them crying when you clearly say you didn't have a good time watching you whine. Long story WATCH this movie
Nov 22, 2025
6
mike453
Yeah it's ok, worth watching due to the rarity of this type of pure action film, reminds you of rambo. But i thought it was marred by weird feminist moments, the annoying lack of dialogue and characterization. (indeed our hero is basically mute as are the villains) And also some really unrealistic moments even for an action film, which is annoying as the film otherwise has a hyper realistic high level production quality to it. But seems like a good start if this becomes a franchise, as these errors can be rectified.
Jan 12, 2024
6
Cinderchar
To be honest I am not sure why so many people hyped this movie. I think what kind of ruined it for me was people comparing it to John Wick. It's nothing like John Wick at all. I guess him being practically unkillable is the link. But outside of that it felt needlessly gory. The action was decent. The story was pointless. But I am glad it wasn't a long movie. It's one of those movies that I will watch once, enjoy it just enough, and never watch it again. I think this could have been more. The cinematography was excellent.
Jun 23, 2024
3
gimmedatsammich
This movie wears its inspirations openly—chief among them being the John Wick films and the neo-spaghetti western stylings of Tarantino. It successfully apes the wanton cruelty of the Wick films but fails to replicate any of Tarantino's charm or wit. The story is unnecessarily divided into chapters, the titles emblazoned in giant red-gold Django font. That's the closest this film comes to matching QT's style. If Sisu is meant as a parody of modern ultra violent action flicks, then why is it so aggressively unfunny? It's not that jokes fail to land—there just aren't any jokes. If there were, the utter stupidity of some of these scenes would be much easier to laugh off as deliberate idiocy. Examples: -Aatami douses himself in gasoline then lights himself on fire to deter a German shepherd attack; engulfed in flames, he leaps into a river, seemingly unaffected by the fire—he doesn't even lose his hair -Fully clothed and kitted out Germans diving into the river to find Aatami, who is hiding down below—why don't they just drop grenades? -8 or so female captives in a convoy truck magically lay hands on 8 submachine guns and, after Aatami dispatches the 2 guards in the truck, fling open the canopy, and lay waste to the troops in the truck driving alongside—who's driving the truck? Where'd they get the guns? We're meant to believe these frail women all know perfectly well how to use submachine guns?
Apr 16, 2024
3
Fourscio
This man is totally strong and overpowered even he injured very bad but still can be hero. movie for wasting time.
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Apr 28, 2023
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Jussi Awards
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
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• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
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