With a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, a sequel is already in the works.
Sisu, an action movie that has been described as a cross between John Wick and Rambo, has just been added to Netflix.
Set in late 1944 during the Lapland War in Finland, the film follows a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) who crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat.
When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover that the seemingly ordinary miner is actually a legendary ex-commando.
“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,” the plot synopsis reads.
Released in cinemas in the Ireland and the UK in May 2023, the Finnish flick was a hit both at the box office and with critics, scoring 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In particular, critics singled out its mean-and-lean storytelling, its inventively gory action set-pieces and its atmospheric Lapland setting for praise.
With a sequel already in the works, you can read a sample of some of the glowing write-ups for Sisu below:
Bloody Disgusting: “Sisu feels like a gritty actioner of yesteryear but with a modern sense of style. It’s a wild ride that begs to be seen with an energised crowd.”
Empire: “Serving up stone-cold multiplex mayhem, Sisu makes no bones about it — this is a film about one mad bastard killing a gazillion Nazis. It’s almost impossible not to love it.”
Globe and Mail: “If watching mass-murdering maniacs get absolutely destroyed on-screen is your thing – and it very much is mine – then Sisu is a perfectly depraved night out.”
Observer (UK): “Sometimes all you want is a grizzled Finnish gold prospector relentlessly slaughtering cartoon evil Nazis in a variety of inventive and messy ways.”
Ultimate Action Movie Club: “Part Rambo, part Wick, Sisu is the ultimate action saviour the modern genre needs.”
Vulture: “I kept imagining it as what might have happened had Sergio Leone been alive to direct Crank: High Voltage.”
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How to watch Sisu
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Sisu is streaming on Netflix in Ireland and the UK right now.
If you want to watch it but save cash, you could use this technique with an Amazon Fire Stick to save money.
The trick is something called ‘leapfrogging’, which is a way to skip between shorter, cheaper subscriptions to watch what you want to watch without signing up for expensive year-long contracts.
For example, you can get a basic Netflix package for €8.99, and stream what you want to watch via your Fire Stick and cancel it before your next bill.
You can then take advantage of the free trials of other services without signing up for them, all from the same place on your Fire Stick, so it’s super easy and convenient.
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