Sisu: Road To Revenge (15)

(Subtitled)

This riotously over-the-top sequel doubles down on the savage, tongue-in-cheek mayhem that made the original a cult favourite.

Jorma Tommila returns as Aatami, the silent, unstoppable embodiment of “sisu”, that uniquely Finnish brand of grim, heroic resilience.

It’s 1946, the war is over, and Aatami heads home to Karelia to recover the remnants of his old life. But crossing into Soviet territory puts him in the sights of a ruthless KGB official, who unleashes the brutal commander Igor (Jack Doolan Lang) to finish what the Nazis couldn’t. For Aatami, the hunt becomes personal, offering a long-delayed chance to avenge his murdered family. What follows is a bone-crunching gauntlet of carnage as he tears through his enemies with whatever weapons or improvised tools he can get his hands on.

Characters remain stripped to essentials. Aatami’s stoic resolve versus Igor’s sneering bravado. Tommila’s wordless performance carries surprising weight, while the practical gore effects give every fight a gruesomely tactile punch.

Lean, relentless and gleefully absurd, this delivers exactly what’s needed. Brisk pacing, inventive brutality and a revenge tale so simple and ferocious it circles all the way back to being oddly satisfying