Here’s the movie you didn’t know you needed — an over-the-top Finnish Frontier Partisan yarn dripping with pulpy goodness that evokes the classic Men’s Adventure magazines of yore (looking at YOU Bob Deis!). In a world that valorizes weakness and victimhood, by Crom, we need us some SISU!
During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And no matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back – even if it means killing every Nazi in his path.
I’ll admit that in recent years I have developed a particular fondness for tales of grey-bearded old bastards who are dangerous to fuck about with. I have no idea why that is….
You might think of our Finnish prospector as an Inglourious Basterd.
Matthew says
Definitely, sounds interesting.
Padre says
A friend sent me a link to the trailer the other day. In the first moments of it, I thought the Coen brothers had given Tom Waits his own full-length feature. “Hello, Mr. Pocket!”
I don’t think that’d be a bad idea.
JimC says
Second the motion.
Thom Eley says
He is some kind of tough.
JimC says
Aye!
David Wrolson says
I probably have mentioned this before but my wife is of full-blooded Finnish descent and I always tell my kids when they complain about the cold-“Hey, you guys killed a million Russians in the snow-suck it up, buttercup”
JimC says
Right?
Joe says
Over the top violence and gore in a far-flung WW2 setting? I’m in!
JimC says
Right? Pulpy goodness…
lane batot says
Killing every Nazi in sight? I’m IN!
Jerry N says
Dang that looks good! Thanks for the heads-up!!
deuce says
Whoa!