My quick rating - 7.1/10. Sisu: Road to Revenge wastes absolutely no time reminding you why Aatami Korpi is one of the most indestructible forces in modern action cinema. Returning to the burned-out remains of the home where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles what’s left, loads the wood onto a truck, and sets out to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. That simple, mournful act makes up Chapter 1, Home, and it perfectly reframes this sequel’s motivation. This time, it’s not gold driving Aatami forward; it’s memory, grief, and soon-to-be raw vengeance.
The film opens with just enough exposition to reorient us before dropping into 1946 at a Soviet border station. From there, the clock is ticking. You get roughly 14 minutes of setup, which includes Chapter 2, Old Enemies, which introduces Stephen Lang’s Yeagor, the commander responsible for Aatami’s family’s murder. Once Yeagor realizes who he’s dealing with and decides to finish the job, the movie slams the accelerator to the floor and never lets up.
Chapter 3: Motor Mayhem lives up to its billing, but not in the manner you might aver. This chase scene was neither ordinary nor predictable. Trucks, planes, and army vehicles crash into each other as if carefully planned yet completely insane. The details in the vehicles as well as in the planes used in this chapter are detailed to the last rim, the best being when a plane pursues Aatami's truck before swooping down for an assault that should be documented. Whether it be the director Jalmari Helander or the cinematographer Mika Orasmaa, the anxiety in these moments is not to be dismissed.
Of course, believability still gets thrown off a cliff in true Sisu fashion. Chapter 5, Long Shot, is another friendly reminder to switch off that realism filter. Even more unbelievable is the number of soldiers who somehow know exactly who Aatami is…yet still feel confident taunting him. That confidence never lasts long.
Jorma Tommila once again delivers a near-silent masterclass. His face does all the work, communicating rage, sorrow, and grim resolve without a single unnecessary word. When Chapter 6, Revenge, arrives, Yeagor is well and truly doomed. Shifting the action onto a train gives Aatami a new hunting ground, allowing the tension to spike as he moves through cars full of sleeping soldiers. The punishment he absorbs is borderline superhuman, capped off with a darkly comedic visual that exists solely to prove this man simply cannot be stopped.
The brutality here is staggering. Hand-to-hand combat is vicious, messy, and intimate. Fingers snap, faces are obliterated, and no body part is safe when fists or bullets start flying. The carnage carries us to the Finnish border for the final chapter, where Tommila once again proves dialogue is optional when you can convey everything with a look.
Just as good as the first film, Sisu: Road to Revenge sticks to what works - no inner monologues, no quippy one-liners after kills, just a barebones plot and relentless, punishing action. This time, the treasure isn’t gold. It’s a home, rebuilt piece by piece, soaked in blood and memory.
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