The sequel to the Finnish World War II-set action film ironically benefits from resorting purely to its basest instincts.

This review is based on a screening which took place at the 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Festival. Sisu: Road to Revenge will be released theatrically in the United States on November 21. What if Sisu, ...

A version of this review was published in conjunction with the world premiere of Sisu: Road to Revenge at Fantastic Fest in September 2025. It has been updated for the film's theatrical release.

The man who refuses to die is just weeks away from returning to the battlefield in Sisu: Road to Revenge, and a new foe lies in his seemingly unstoppable path of carnage. The main villain of Avatar, ...

Using only a basic rifle, Simo Häyhä picked off Soviet aggressors one by one. His story inspired the stupendously violent ...

Häyhä is believed to have been a major inspiration for Aatami Korpi, the stoic main character of the ongoing “Sisu” film ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

After separation from his unit, Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen made a one-man methamphetamine-fueled odyssey through the Arctic Circle to return home.

As a bitch driven by spite, I love movies about revenge. While I’m not a big fan of action films, I respect characters who escalate a situation until it ends up in a bloodbath. So, while Sisu: Road to ...

What inspired you to make a sequel? Sony wanted me to do a sequel, and I had an idea for it, but then I decided that it wasn’t good enough. Then my producer, Petri [Jokiranta], made me think harder ...