Sisu
Rent & Buy
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
What critics thought
Critics largely embraced this Finnish action film as a supremely efficient, gleefully brutal throwback — thin on plot by design, thick on inventive Nazi-killing set pieces. The gap between critics and general audiences is real: reviewers rewarded its pulpy shamelessness, while viewer scores suggest the relentless absurdity wears thinner outside festival-circuit goodwill. The one genuine debate is whether 'nonsensical' is a feature or a flaw.
“Sisu is outlandishly entertaining, mostly because, contrary to its deeper themes, it isn't afraid to be nonsensical.”
Robert Daniels·RogerEbert.com
“Sisu is certainly ridiculous, but sometimes it's just fun to watch an obscene amount of Nazis get what's coming to them.”
Ross Bonaime·Collider
Genres
Action, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Jalmari HelanderDirector
Jorma TommilaAatami
Aksel HennieBruno
Jack DoolanWolf
Mimosa WillamoAino
Onni TommilaSchütze
Tatu SinisaloSS Soldier 1
Wilhelm EnckellSS Soldier 3
Vincent WillestrandSS Soldier 4
Arttu KapulainenRower
Elina SaarelaSaara
Ilkka KoivulaFighter Pilot
Max OvaskaEngineerSisu
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
What critics thought
Critics largely embraced this Finnish action film as a supremely efficient, gleefully brutal throwback — thin on plot by design, thick on inventive Nazi-killing set pieces. The gap between critics and general audiences is real: reviewers rewarded its pulpy shamelessness, while viewer scores suggest the relentless absurdity wears thinner outside festival-circuit goodwill. The one genuine debate is whether 'nonsensical' is a feature or a flaw.
“Sisu is outlandishly entertaining, mostly because, contrary to its deeper themes, it isn't afraid to be nonsensical.”
Robert Daniels·RogerEbert.com
“Sisu is certainly ridiculous, but sometimes it's just fun to watch an obscene amount of Nazis get what's coming to them.”
Ross Bonaime·Collider
Genres
Action, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Jalmari HelanderDirectorJorma TommilaAatamiAksel HennieBrunoJack DoolanWolfMimosa WillamoAinoOnni TommilaSchützeTatu SinisaloSS Soldier 1Wilhelm EnckellSS Soldier 3Vincent WillestrandSS Soldier 4Arttu KapulainenRowerElina SaarelaSaaraIlkka KoivulaFighter PilotMax OvaskaEngineerRent & Buy