‘Sisu’ is a Brilliantly Blood-soaked Tale of Revenge (Review)
With his bombastic Nazi-slaying action film 'Sisu,' Finnish director Jalmari Helander keeps things all in the family. After all, lead actor Jorma Tommila is his brother-in-law and his nephew Onni Tommila is also in the film.
Both of them also starred in Helander's 2010 feature debut, 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.' It hasn't been an extensive career. Since then, there was only one other film ('Big Game') that pretty much went straight to video here in America.
How did 'Sisu' become a surprise hit at the box office this Spring?
For starters, it was shot in English. Aside from a smattering of subtitled dialogue, the Finnish production was made with an international audience in mind.
Following other hyperviolent films like 'John Wick' and prior World War II revenge tales li...