Sisu Sequel Road to Revenge Opens November 21

The long-awaited sequel to the Finnish action film Sisu arrives in theaters this week, continuing the story of a resilient former commando navigating wartime vengeance in post-World War II Europe.

Sisu: Road to Revenge, directed by Jalmari Helander, opens in U.S. theaters on November 21, 2025. The film picks up shortly after the events of the original 2022 movie, which depicted Aatami Korpi, a grizzled Finnish Army veteran, clashing with Nazi forces over seized gold during the war's final days. Set in 1946, the new installment follows Korpi as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Karelia, the region from which Finland ceded territory following the war's end. There, his family had been killed years earlier by Red Army forces.

Determined to preserve his heritage amid displacement, Korpi methodically dismantles the wooden family home log by log and loads it onto a truck for transport back to free Finland. Accompanied by his dog, the mostly silent protagonist, played by Jorma Tommila, soon faces pursuit from the Soviet military. The commander responsible for his family's murder, portrayed by Stephen Lang as Igor Draganov, is released from Siberian imprisonment to eliminate the legendary...