Sony Pictures is teaming up with Stage 6 for the UK release of writer/director Jalmari Helander’s Sisu. The action-thriller comes to cinemas from May 26, 2023.
The film is set during the final days of World War II, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. 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.
Check out the NSFW trailer in the player below:
The film was shot in 2021 in Lapland and has been described as “relentlessly entertaining fun” by Empire whilst IGN praised it for a “wicked sense of celebration and Wild West grit”.
Written and directed by Jalmari Helander, Sisu stars Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo and Onni Tommila.
