Rent Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)

Bloody Action Sequel That's Great Fun - Sisu: Road to Revenge review by GI

This is a thrill ride sequel of the 2022 Finnish hit and whilst you can argue it's more of the same you can't argue that it is pure adrenaline fuelled With its clear influences of Mad Max, Indiana Jones, and The Terminator this is just one big chase movie with gutfuls of cartoon violence and buckets of blood. It's 1946 and the old Finnish commando, Aatami (Jorma Tommila) travels into now Soviet held part of Finland where he dismantles his old home and the site of the murder of his family by the Russians during the war and heads back towards Finland to rebuild it and live in peace. But the Soviets haven't forgiven him for the death toll he inflicted on their troops and send after him Dragunov (Stephen Lang), the killer of Aatami's family, to finally kill him. Aatami, as expected, defies all attempts to do so! Lang channels his bad ass character Colonel Quaritch from the Avatar series and is a worthy opponent here. The action is fast and gutsy as the film rattles along at breakneck speed. Of course it's all ridiculous but is so much fun to watch.

Entertaining - Sisu: Road to Revenge review by KB

A bit bonkers but a good watch. It's well made and well filmed and would have been good on a big cinema screen. He's indestructible ,like a Finnish Arnie. Because it's a bit bonkers it's quite amusing in places but it's tongue in cheek .Based on this i will probably check out the original film.

Mad Max on steroids - Sisu: Road to Revenge review by Alphaville

Our indestructible Finnish hero is back. Director Jalmari Helender has promised never to make a film with two people arguing in a room and he keeps his word here with a striking, storming, exemplary, lean and mean (80 minutes) action sequel to the original Sisu.

Our hero has to drive a lorry from Russia to Finland and is attacked by military might all the way. Sounds an unlikely premise, but the action is beautifully staged and shot in a vast landscape, without being torn to shreds by over-editing as in so many American actioners. ‘Unleash hell,’ says the chief baddie, and they certainly do. Cue mayhem. Best scene is probably the exciting, inventively shot attack by airplanes - the best since Hitchcock’s North By North-West.

Squeamish viewers should note that that there are scenes that will make you wince, especially when you know the director will not hold back, but this merely adds to the fun. Just remember out hero is invincible, so there’s nothing to worry about. He can even hide a long knife inside his skin. You’ll laugh at the audacity of it. Bring on another sequel.