Sisu: Road to Revenge

Official Australian release date: 20/11/25. Viewed: 23/11/25.
Director: Jalmari Helander
Actors: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake, Kasper Velberg
Genre: Action / War
Rating: MA

‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ is the somewhat-unexpected sequel to 2022’s ‘Sisu’, the Finnish one-man war film, following Aatami (Tommila). This time, it’s post-WWII, and he goes into the former-Finland part of the USSR to take the beams back to rebuild in Finland. The bad KGB guy (Brake) sends Dragunov (Lang) to kill Aatami – even though that didn’t go well last time. That’s pretty much the plot – and after a semi-peaceful first 10min, it’s all action!

The only other character who has more than 2min screentime would be one of the pilots (Velberg), everyone else is pretty much there to make up the body count. Must’ve got to at least at least 100! It’s a solid mix of ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and ‘John Wick’. If you want inventive deaths and violence, with a bit of wry humour, this is for you.

Still amazing Aatami gets away without speaking at all. Lang is great as a bad guy (arguably worse than his ‘Avatar’ character). It has a nice foreboding score, and a rapid pace – all over in 90min – with the “chapters” to keep it moving. While not filmed in Russia or Finland, Estonia is a pretty solid double. Ridiculous ending, but what more can you expect?

Overall: Fun and crazy death-defying action.

Gav’s Rating: 3.5 stars