"Bills. Big ones, please. Won't be so damn heavy to carry".
Over the last few weeks I've seen the trailer for the second Sisu film
repeatedly, so I decided to finally buy the first film on Blu-ray. It was the
best film of the
2023 Stuttgart Nights Festival. I've had it on my To-Buy list ever since it was released in late 2023, but
I've been waiting for the price to drop. Usually I don't pay more than £8 for
a film, but in recent years prices haven't been dropping as fast after the
initial release. Maybe I should increase my maximum price to £10. "Sisu" cost
me £9.90. It won't get any cheaper.
The film takes place in 1944. It's about Aatami Korpi, a retired Finnish
soldier, who's now trying his luck digging for gold. It's made in English.
Sort of. Aatami remains silent throughout the film, until the final scene,
when he deposits his gold in a Finnish bank. The only other dialogue is spoken
by German soldiers. All Aatami wants to do is travel across Finland on
horseback to cash in his gold. His journey begins in Lapland, and I assume the
destination is Helsinki, which is about 200 miles. The problem is that
marauding Nazi soldiers want to kill him, just because they can. The film
turns into a battle for survival, Aatami against a whole German platoon.
It's difficult to describe the film to anyone who hasn't seen it. The fight
scenes are thrilling, although they're totally unfeasible. Aatami is invincible,
and no number of German soldiers can overcome him.
I was expecting him
to be called the Baba Yaga.
The film offers a brief explanation of the film's title.
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