Sisu: Road to Revenge - The scoop and digest

Jalmari Helander returns as writer and director.

Jorma Tommila - Aatami Korpi

Stephen Lang - Yeagor Dragunov

Richard Brake - KGB Officer

Summary

In 1946, Aatami dismantles the house where his family was murdered and loads the timber onto his truck.

Meanwhile in Siberia, a KGB Officer releases ruthless Soviet Commander Yeagor Dragunov from prison and promises to make him rich, providing he 'destroys the legend he created'.

Even with the might of the Red Army at his disposal, something tells me that 'killing machine' won't go down easily.

Light the fire

Doing everything what made the original great and turning shit up to eleven - this was fucking awesome.

Once scintillating action starts (clearly inspired by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), it doesn't really stop.  Sure there are brief lulls, but that's only so we can catch our breath.

After a soldier is thrown off the front of Aatami's truck and motorbikes swerve around him.  But reprieve is short-lived, as Dragunov runs him over.

HA HA HA!

Think Road Runner, with blood and guts.

In my favourite sequence, a plane heads towards Aatami's truck at speed.  But our man thinks fast by using planks of wood as a shield, causing aircraft to bounce over and explode.

Superb climax takes place on a train, where Aatami launches a ballistic missile into Dragunov's forehead.

Aatami gets back to Finland unobstructed and a group of locals help him Aatami rebuild his house.

If this doesn't become a trilogy, that'd be really sad.