Director:
Jalmari HelanderGuión:
Jalmari HelanderCámara:
Kjell LagerroosReparto:
Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo, Onni Tommila, Arttu Kapulainen, Tatu Sinisalo, Vincent Willestrand, Wilhelm Enckell (más)Streaming (3)
Sinopsis(1)
Durante los últimos y desesperados días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un solitario buscador de oro (Jorma Tommila) se cruza con los nazis en una retirada al norte de Finlandia. Cuando los nazis le roban el oro, descubren rápidamente que no se han metido con un minero cualquiera. Aunque no existe una traducción directa de la palabra finlandesa "sisu", este legendario ex-comando encarnará lo que significa sisu: una forma de coraje y determinación inimaginables frente a probabilidades abrumadoras. Y no importa lo que los nazis le echen encima, el escuadrón de la muerte de un solo hombre hará todo lo posible por recuperar su oro, aunque eso signifique matar a todos los nazis que se crucen en su camino. (Sony Pictures Esp.)
(más)Reseñas (9)
Una divertida película de clase B de la inhóspita Laponia. Tiene estilo, es sangrienta, chistosa, contundente, incluso ligeramente caricaturescamente fantástica. El tema no es precisamente innovador, pero en algunas escenas es impredecible e imaginativo. Me gustó la presencia de Aksel Hennie como nazi jefe.
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Una historia de acción fuera de lo normal, con mucha hipérbole, que ciertamente no complacerá a los aficionados de relatos de época realistas y datos históricamente precisos, sin embargo, podría complacer a los fanáticos del sangriento entretenimiento de placer culpable de clase B, basada en wésterns e historias sobre uno contra todo el mundo, al estilo de Rambo, John Wick o 96 horas, y que en algunas partes recuerda a Malditos bastardos de Quentin Tarantino o a Zombi nazis de Tommy Wirkola. Los amantes del humor negro, los paisajes nórdicos y la gran tundra o la cirugía amateur también encontrarán algo de su agrado. Sin embargo, no es nada para los espectadores que no pueden ver cómo los cuerpos de personas (y caballos) son despedazados al intentar atravesar un campo minado. Las diversas variaciones sobre cómo derribar a los soldados nazis son bastante ingeniosas (¿alguna vez has visto a un héroe matar enemigos bajo la superficie de un lago y aspirar el aire que escapa de sus gargantas cortadas para no tener que volver a emerger?) y los dos protagonistas parados en lados opuestos de la barricada son casi perfectos y fascinantes, por lo que no puedes quitarles los ojos de encima. El tono de la película es serio al principio, pero a medida que pasa el tiempo y el absurdo de las escenas individuales aumenta gradualmente, pierde toda la seriedad cada vez más rápido. El cineasta Jalmari Helander salió airoso no solo como un creador con ideas interesantes, sino también por primera vez como un buen narrador, guionista y director, en cuya adaptación la dura historia del cazafortunas y guerrero Aatami tiene, gracias a la estilización distintiva y el elenco, una propia cara que es fácil de recordar.
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The previews are clear; the author doesn't even hide the fact that he hasn't had a peek at the same things you have. In the first more serious (not to be confused with serious) half it goes much better than in the second half, which pushes the deliberate guilty pleasure envelope a bit too hard. But even then, it’s good, playful and stylish. Only that it should have been either all in the style of the first half, or in the style of the second half from the beginning. This way, it feels somewhat like they took the opening of the first Rambo and the ending of the third. It doesn’t feel like a whole in neither style nor concept. That said, I wouldn’t mind a prequel set in the Winter War with a proper budget.
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This Finnish World War II revenge film wowed with the trailer of the year. The film itself may not be a new genre milestone, but it's pretty cool. The not too experienced Jalmari Helander has originally enriched the popular library of current action movies. He chose a feared main character (John Wick, Nobody), whom everyone is afraid of, has a dark past and is a brutal beast in action, and swapped classic gangsters for Nazis, which is cool and fresh. Story-wise, however, it's very simple. The protagonist finds gold at his house and decides to take it to the nearest bank, but along the way he has to beat up a bunch of Nazis who want to steal it. The protagonist doesn't say much, the actions simply speak for him and when it comes to the getting down and dirty, it's a nicely brutal and dirty affair with an almost western feel to it. Unless you're willing to accept what all the main character can and can't survive, you won't enjoy it (if that bothered you in Wick, it's doubly true here), but I'm OK with it. Outside of the action sequences, it's a bit slower and more intimate, but luckily it's only 90 minutes long, so the movie goes by very quickly. I must also praise the villain, who played the evil Nazi brilliantly. There aren't many genre films like this being made and it's definitely my kind of thing. If you like revenge movies and Nazis, you shouldn't hesitate to go to the cinema. 75%.
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Take out the resident. Lapland. Specifically, veteran Korpi, whose dog looks like a lamb, but he himself is no sheep. The trailer promised an enticing spectacle of grit in Nazi asses, but who could have guessed that’s pretty much all there is. Jalmari Helander blatantly steals from another thief (from the episode titles' font to the chunks of gold glaring into the face like an open trunk on Vincent Vega), but in the midst of physical anomalies, violence, blood, and slow-motion shots, I found that the style of exaggeration missed the mark quite a bit. Otherwise, I assume this film was an appendix to Finland's NATO application.
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Quentin Tarantino fans present… Once upon a time in Nazi-burned Lapland… When northerners make something like a Western, can it be called Northern? The initially low-key conflict between a lucky prospector who stumbles upon a hefty pile of gold and a beaten Nazi commando in a stolen Soviet T-55 turns into a bloodbath that should be taken with a grain of salt and treated more as entertainment than as a statement with historical value and philosophical insight. There’s a lot of blood and everything is filmed by fans of the genre with gusto, good ideas and a feel for visuals. There's no one well-known in the cast except for Aksel Hennie as the Nazi Obersturmführer.
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Ironically, the promising bubble created by the trailers bursts with the first action scene. The Tarantino-like titles, chapter divisions and a would-be spaghetti western atmosphere are unfortunately not enough to turn a boy's foolishness into a real film. I found Sisu surprisingly boring and most of all he struck me as a Finnish version of Machete, including the feeling that it shouldn’t have been more than a trailer.
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A bunch of Nazis steal gold from the Finnish Santa Claus, but unfortunately for them, he's an ex-commando of Finnish elite assassins and he doesn't like it very much. Don't be fooled by the film's description and look, as this is no serious murder mystery, but a pure swag satirical comedy that just happens to have the premise it does. Anyone expecting a Finnish killing spree John Wick should go into the film with caution and temper expectations, but anyone who wants to see a pissed off SISU grandpa tearing limbs off, destroying tanks and slicing up Nazis by the hundred-sixths in a very wacky and far-fetched format (10 minutes underwater, holding on to a plane and sprinting with a shot leg...) should go for it. Because I'm afraid this "festival film" for a narrow spectrum of viewers won't be available for download any time soon, so I'd take the cinema screening option. Although it may not have been the aim, I had a good time, and even though I don't often seek out this unrealistic and over-the-top genre, I enjoyed this one.
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The creators seem to have experimented with some unearthly psychedelics, because this supposed Tarantino-esque film set during World War II turned out to be absolutely insane. Fortunately, Sisu offers a brutal and visually striking spectacle from the Finnish plains, which we don’t get to witness every day. The main character doesn’t speak much (his first and last words come right at the end); instead, his actions do the talking. And those actions have a lot to say!... The action is over the top, completely ignoring any conventional modesty. Some sequences even stretch logic to the point where the poor guy might never recover :D (the scene in the river, the hanging, the ending with the airplane, etc.). Even for me, it was too much (and I’ve seen quite a lot in my relatively short career as a reviewer, I’ll be honest). But as I said, it does have a certain flair. So, leave your brain at home and head to the movie theater. For me, it’s 6.5/10.
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