SISU 2 Is Officially Happening and It Will Bring Even More Carnage
Buckle up because Sisu is coming back with a vengeance, and this time, it’s going bigger, bloodier, and even meaner.
Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems just gave the green light to Sisu 2, the sequel to 2022’s Finnish action-thriller that turned heads with its brutal awesomeness and unapologetic violence.
Jalmari Helander is back writing and directing, with Jorma Tommila once again stepping into the role of Aatami Korpi, the silent, gold-hunting, Nazi-killing machine we didn’t know we needed but definitely can’t get enough of.
Joining the cast this time are Richard Brake (Mandy, Barbarian) and Stephen Lang (Don't Breathe, Avatar), both veterans of playing characters you don't want to cross.
If you caught the first movie, you know why this is exciting. Set against the bleak landscape of Lapland during the dying gasps of World War II, the original film introduced us to Aatami, a man with nothing left to lose and a terrifying amount of survival skills.
After stumbling upon a stash of gold, he found himself hunted by a retreating band of Nazis, who fatally underestimated the fury tucked inside that old prospector. What followed was a badass, stripped-down rampage of revenge and survival that somehow balanced cartoonish brutality.
Tommila barely spoke a word, but every grimace, every bloodied glare, told you everything you needed to know about Aatami’s pain, persistence, and rage.
There’s a reason Sisu earned a 94% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and swept multiple awards at the Sitges Film Festival. On just a $6.5 million budget, it carved out a reputation as one of the most refreshingly raw action films in years, all without drowning itself in exposition.
Sure, comparisons to John Wick and Rambo got tossed around, but Sisu had its own pulse. It wasn’t about slick gun-fu or big speeches; it was about silence, endurance, and the pure, ugly will to survive. It felt like a western, a war movie, and a grindhouse revenge thriller all stitched into one tight, savage package.
Now, Sisu 2 is on the way, with a budget reportedly more than double the original, meaning Helander will be swinging for the fences. And with Brake and Lang lined up to go toe-to-toe with Aatami, this sequel is shaping up to be a no-holds-barred showdown we can’t wait to watch unfold.
Sisu 2 hits theaters November 21st.