who knew a film about World War II from Finland could beat Tarantino 2009 Inglourious Basterds and turn a fairly basic idea – kill as many Nazis as possible in 90 minutes – into wacky, entertaining cinematic gold? Here, dear reader, is everything you need to know about the newly released film. Sisuby Finnish screenwriter and director Jalmari Helander: Some things, like watching a horde of Nazis die in all sorts of gruesome and extremely bloody ways at the hands of one man, John Wick-like a killing machine, never goes out of style.

And by the way, it’s the season of super-violent movies that kill all the Nazis about WWII. In less than a month, for example, netflix is about to come out Blood & Golda feature film inspired by Tarantino in which a German deserter, during the final days of the war, finds himself battling SS troops scrambling to find a hidden stash of gold. Sisumeanwhile, just debuted in theaters and is built around a protagonist who looks and acts essentially like Kratos from God of the warminus the blades of chaos.

“During the last desperate days of World War II,” says Sisu’s official summary, “a lone 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 become entangled with an ordinary miner.

“Although there is no direct translation of the Finnish word ‘sisu’, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a form of white-handed courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds.”

As for how Sisu has been received so far, it’s another one of those rare moments where critics and viewers are pretty close. Sisu currently has a 93% Critics Score and an 89% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes, and I completely understand why. There’s a satisfaction in the violence throughout this film, of a kind that seems absent from similar thrillers that end up spilling buckets of blood. I say, if a hero throws a landmine right at someone’s head and blows them to bits, make them a Nazi, right?

Image source: ©Freezing Point Oy, photographer Antti Rastivo

All in all, the movie is a no-frills, heart-pounding shoot-’em-up that might turn some of your stomachs – the way limbs and blood splatters constantly fly through the air – and that didn’t either. more afraid of being a little irreverent sometimes. Like when a German general advises, about Aatami: “He’s a fucking bad guy you don’t want to mess with.”