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Published 14:10 11 Mar 2025 GMT
Updated 17:09 16 Apr 2025 BST

Sisu, an action movie described as a cross between John Wick and Rambo, has just been added to Netflix.
Set in late 1944 during the Lapland War in Finland, the film follows a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) who crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat.
When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover that the seemingly ordinary miner is actually a legendary ex-commando.
"And no matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back -- even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path," the plot synopsis reads.
Released in cinemas in Ireland and the UK in May 2023, the Finnish flick was a hit both at the box office and with critics, scoring 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In particular, critics singled out its mean-and-lean storytelling, its inventively gory action set-pieces and its atmospheric Lapland setting for praise.
With a sequel already in the works, you can read a sample of some of the glowing write-ups for Sisu below:
Bloody Disgusting: "Sisu feels like a gritty actioner of yesteryear but with a modern sense of style. It’s a wild ride that begs to be seen with an energised crowd."
Empire: "Serving up stone-cold multiplex mayhem, Sisu makes no bones about it — this is a film about one mad bastard killing a gazillion Nazis. It’s almost impossible not to love it."
Globe and Mail: "If watching mass-murdering maniacs get absolutely destroyed on-screen is your thing – and it very much is mine – then Sisu is a perfectly depraved night out."
Observer (UK): "Sometimes all you want is a grizzled Finnish gold prospector relentlessly slaughtering cartoon evil Nazis in a variety of inventive and messy ways."
Ultimate Action Movie Club: "Part Rambo, part Wick, Sisu is the ultimate action saviour the modern genre needs."
Vulture: "I kept imagining it as what might have happened had Sergio Leone been alive to direct Crank: High Voltage."
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