Sisu: Road to Revenge

It’s an absolute blast of an action movie, another showcase for Jalmari Helander’s increasing skill with action choreography and inventive set pieces.

This sequel to the 2022 sleeper hit is a leaner, meaner effort that sees Helander upping the ante in every possible way in service of a potently simple narrative about the meaning of home that hits like a jack-booted kick to the gut.

…never before will you have felt so cleansed by such brutality.

Helander’s filmmaking is as lean as his hero: there are quick moments of scene-setting at the beginning and at the end, and 80-or-so minutes in-between of non-stop mayhem.

It isn’t profound or enlightening, but for 89 minutes, it rides the fury road confidently, flipping tanks and unleashing hell along the way.