Jan 17

Jan 17 Jalmari Helander’s "SISU"

It’s 1944. In the lonely and desolate Lapland wilderness a lone miner discovers a large deposit of gold. He resolves to take it to the city. In his way are retreating German soldiers, fresh from their scorched-earth destruction of Finland. What follows is a bloody and violent cat and mouse game as the Germans try to steal the gold and kill our hero, who turns out to be a lone super-soldier with over “300 Russian kills” to his credit.

The blood and gore in this movie are phenomenal. After a while we realize we’re watching a comic book of a movie, but the color, photography, acting, costumes, makeup, and editing are superb. The desolate wilderness, the backgound to our hero’s gradual single handed destruction of the Germans, is gorgeous and worthy of being seen on as large a screen as possible. There is also much gallows humor as well as ridiculous coincidences as our indestructible hero pursues his swath of vengeance and destruction. And let’s not forget the ladies!