While the next installment of John Wick is always going to be anticipated, action fans will unavoidably have to wait sometime until the franchise’s next chapter. Thankfully, Lionsgate is getting ready to release another movie that seems very "Wickian" in style, possibly anticipating the itch for more blood-pumping films. Jalmari Helander's newest picture, Sisu, is the action film to save the day and grab the baton while Keanu and team head to the hydration station.
Sisu transports viewers to Finland during World War II, where an apparently unremarkable elderly prospector named Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila) discovers an enormous gold cache. He now has to go more than 500 miles to deliver the gold to the closest bank, but he runs into a group of rapacious Nazi soldiers along the way, which significantly slows him down. Korpi will have to battle his way to the distant town and unearth some deep wounds from a previous life while carrying his beloved dog, a pickaxe, and a lot of weaponry.
Among the amazing cast is Rare Exports actor Jorma Tommila, who reteams with Jalmari Helander once again for one epic and hyper-violent period adventure through the wilderness of Lapland in Northern Finland. Don’t miss Sisu when it opens only in theaters on April 28, 2023.
Jessie Hobson