In 2023, I attended a press screening that malfunctioned beyond repair, and the theater apologized with a popcorn and drink, as well as entry to another film that was scheduled to start within a few minutes. So I took the plunge, sight unseen, and any lingering frustration from the evening’s tech problems quickly went away due to how entertaining the complimentary screening was. That film was Jalmari Helander ’s Sisu .

The World War II action-thriller became something of a sleeper hit, prompting a sequel in short order. Sisu: Road to Revenge , which hits theaters on Nov. 21, picks up a couple years after Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), a former Finnish commando, laid waste to an entire Nazi platoon that dared to mess with the wrong guy. Aatami begins the sequel with a quest to d

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