“Sisu” (2022) – “My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.” – The Dragon says to Grendel in author John Gardner’s “Grendel” (1971) In director/writer Jalmari Helander’s fabulous, entertaining midnight-madness flick, “Sisu”, the year is 1944 and nearly the close of WWII. He sets this story in Finland. The Moscow Armistice is signed, and Finland must remove the German military presence from their land. For Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), a Finn, he’s done with the war. This 60-something, gray-bearded loner now roams…
‘Sisu’: Run, don’t walk, to 1944 Finland and this fabulous and bloody midnight-madness flick
