SISU MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Finnish John Wick

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[@fabian5813]

25:42 "That's The Rope I Used..." "How Do You Know That" It's Easy To Recognize Your Own Knots, Similar To Recognizing Your Own Hand Writing

[@fabian5813]

33:35 “A Lil Bit Of Exposition” There Was Literally A Picture Of A Parachute In The Wooden Box He Opened 😅

[@xl081]

If you liked this watch "Sin City" 💡👍

[@fabian5813]

@@xl081 Sisu And Sin City Are Nowhere Close To Being Alike, But Yes They Should Definitely Watch Sin City

[@xl081]

@@fabian5813 the directors cut with certain action scenes and gore

[@tapioalatalo6183]

As a Finn, I'm glad they finally made a movie about the average Monday in Finland.

[@pauljohnson8872]

🤣

[@eläkevakuutus]

As a Finn I'm very glad to see that this movie got to be as popular internationally as it did!

[@squidthunder]

Best marketing team ever! The trailers were very intriguing.

[@FatThor55]

Theres 2 more comments under this one starting with "as a finn" and one with "as a finnish person"

[@eläkevakuutus]

@@FatThor55 all Finns think alike 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@mnomadvfx]

Ironically though I expected it to be in FInnish it's mostly in English - that IMHO isn't very good advertising on their part. Not that I mind subtitles for foreign films, but it would have put off a lot of people who do find subtitles to be an issue.

[@martinsandt1135]

This is Finnish , but not the End 🤓😬

[@salmonero6472]

As a Finn.. I'm happy this movie got a decent amount of coverage and hype on the internet! 👍

[@Normandu]

Ja leffa oli vieläpä oikeasti hyvä

[@НикитаЛагун-л3т]

This movie is shit and extremely funny to watch how you like its popularity

[@erwaldox]

As a Norwegian I am happy as well

[@mart-juhaneiskop3133]

didn't say a word the whole movie. and in the end spoke finnish. perfection!

[@onekill31]

And he is asking for paper bills

[@indigozulu9]

The opening of this movie absolutely did not prepare me for how delightfully absurd this movie gets. I loved every second.

[@highonsleep4219]

As a Finnish person I was surprised how popular this got overseas.

[@Normandu]

Jep, Me kaikki olimme

[@nullakjg767]

Its political. We are anti russia right now so america is primed for straight propaganda that greatly exaggerates the victories other nations have had over them.

[@meganbrick6266]

I’m American but was raised knowing the concept of sisu because I lived in an area where most of us are of Finnish descent. It was one of the few Finnish words that my great grandparents and so on down felt was important enough to keep passing on. It’s always been my favorite word. ❤️ I couldn’t believe it when I saw there was a movie coming out with this title!

[@donut3946]

It’s a inexpensive but well made movie with great action and unbelievable escapes along with some vengeance. This is the definition of action and other movies should strive to be the same.

[@aaronmorrison9974]

It's a badass film!

[@kirstengilroy302]

The dog looks like a Bedlington Terrier to me. It’s such a fantastic film, what an incredible lead actor too

[@Pitdog108]

you are correct as to the breed of dog

[@kevthepoet]

The juxtaposition between Greg's excitement and Roxy's anxiety is just chefs kiss!

[@novittucrafty]

This is exactly how my granpa used to tell me how he got to school every morning in his youth

[@AlexandraHeikkilä-e9m]

If you want to see more finnish war movies, I would recomend The unknown soldier (2017). It's in finnish and quite a long movie but it shows more about the second world war and is presented from the point of view of a machine gun company of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944. It´s not quite as gory as Sisu but it has more of the brotherly feeling that you felt like was missing in this.

[@squidcaps4308]

And then Tali-Ihantala and Beyond the Front Lines. The last one especially is a gem as it has a lot of comradery and the difference between front lines and home front (and also is about the "forgotten soldiers", the Swedish-Finns battalions.. most Finnish war movies are about Finnish speaking Finns....). As war movies i would put both of those above The Unknown Soldier... that movie is special to Finns because of the 1950s version and the book itself but Tali-Ihantala and BTFL are better at giving us more realistic view of what it was like.

[@735337707]

Germans were terrible, russians were worse.

[@laurijaakkola3762]

As a Finn I’m glad that you guys reacted to this movie but unfortunately I haven’t seen the movie yet so I have to watch the reaction some other time

[@chris-y7d1i]

why did you bother to comment then

[@laurijaakkola3762]

@@chris-y7d1i For the same reason you bothered to comment that

[@rl8259]

Greg looked like a proud father watching Roxy do the intro 😂

[@bobdude42]

Movie: "Your boys have a crate full of booze and a truck full of bitches" Greg: "They're like rappers" Had me dying!!!

[@ivanboston8582]

For Roxy.. The Finns were in a totally screwed position during WW2. The Russians declared war on them in '39, the Germans gave them some military aid. The British and the French were putting together a sizable enough force to aid them that they would have basically gone to war with Russia.. Christopher Lee was involved in that part. The Russians forced them to give up about 20% of their country including their second or third largest city and then like a year later went to war with them again because reasons. So for a sizable part of the war the Finns were not allied with Germany but were fighting the same country: Russia.

[@Shigawire]

Christopher Lee, fucking legend.

[@TheTerkzzz]

+Estonians..

[@jussikuusisto5409]

"The Russians declared war on them in '39, the Germans gave them some military aid." No they didn't. Germany stopped all aid from going through Germany during the winter war. Germany made the Molotov-Ribbentrob pact with the USSR and divided Poland, Baltic States and Finland among themselves. Most of it was handed to the USSR sphere of influence. Only during the continuation war Germany had intrests similar to Finland and helped Finland until September -44, when Germany started to attack Finnish held Baltic Sea islands and retreating from the Lapland, while mining and destroying everything.

[@ivanboston8582]

I meant later, not in '39.. I try to be super brief in these replies@@jussikuusisto5409

[@antlamaki1108]

And SSSR did NOT declare a war in November -39. They just attacked.

[@Shigawire]

Great reaction! I loved this movie so much when I saw it in the cinema with my dad and brother. As a Norwegian, I feel very happy to have our *stoic* but friendly Finnish neighbors having joined our defense alliance (NATO). They have a very well functioning society, they are super democratic and organized. They also have a badass military / defense infrastructure (without compare). They have enough survival bunker space to house all their main population centers, plus they have been fastidious in stockpiling all the worst-case supplies that even we failed to do in Norway. Remember Covid19? Norway had to do a topsy-turvy to get enough masks etc. Finland had it all covered, because they are very pragmatic. In their gigantic survival bunker complexes, they *even* have saunas and swimming halls, sports arenas.

[@НикитаЛагун-л3т]

This movie is shit and extremely funny to watch how you like its popularity

[@JiihaaS]

The underground swimming halls, sports arenas etc are mainly for peace time, to make use of the large spaces down there. It was pretty convenient to place them there because there's plenty of room and this way they won't take up space above ground. During war they would be transformed into shelters.

[@kevthepoet]

I love that Roxy was like "hide the gold in ya butt dude". Practical woman, you need that in a crisis! lol

[@Normandu]

As a finn I am so broud of Jorma Tommila and Jalmari Helander! Suomi PERKELE!!!!💪💪💪🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@squidcaps4308]

TIL that Helander made a movie with motherfucking Samuel L. Jackson...

[@Normandu]

@@squidcaps4308 Big game. I liked that movie

[@Lobotomia85]

As a Finn, hands down the most Finnish thing about this is the last thing he says.

[@SK-nw4ig]

Fact: finnish soldier Simo Häyhä has the most confirmed kills (at least 505 Russians) and they only put 300 to the main character here, from the same war. I kinda love that, that has to be intentional. Edit: you adressed that later :D Finnish movies tend to be like this, very little dialogue often. This is my new favourite movie. I just love it. It is so finnish, even with all its international team. Main guy and the nazi the main nazi kills the last are done and father in the real life. They co-star also a movie "rare exports".

[@Amh088]

Not the same war, Simo Häyhä fought in Winter War, this is Lapland war.

[@SK-nw4ig]

Yep. Aatami also fought in the winter war.@@Amh088

[@angusfraser-brown1663]

@@Amh088 It said in the movie he fought in the Winter War...

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Simo Häyhä:554 confirmed kills with rifle, also 200 with subm. In 3 Months.😱😢

[@evemiller2637]

I knew I recognized them. I love Rare Exports, I watch it yearly at Christmas. Love your reactions.

[@treblelatrice926]

Because of this movie, I KNOW a Zelda movie will work and Link doesn’t need to talk. This was aMAZing in theaters ❤❤

[@Madbandit77]

Sisu is a R-rated Zelda movie. Fact.

[@sherinjohnzachariah]

If someone had told me that this is a Tarantino movie before I saw it, I'd have believed.

[@Hellbilly709]

Amazing movie! First movie (and only) film I’ve seen in theatres since the pandemic started!

[@outofcontext2122]

It's a spin off from true story the white death where this guy name Simo Häyhä killed at least 500 russian soldier with Sniper with no scope, he is hiding and blending with the snow they called him white death. He is survived a projectile that blew half his face off and died in 2002 at 96y/o.

[@maskinbeauty3734]

This movie was insanely good. Inspiration to never go down without a fight. Fight for what is yours. Your country, you pride.

[@ristorinne5817]

Yes. And now they gave it away for free. Our grandfathers fought against Sovjet Union and now our leaders gave it first to EU, and now to nato.

[@johankaewberg8162]

Sisu is Backbone. Sisu is Strength. Sisu is Stamina. It’s literally cohones. I am not talking about this movie, I am talking about Finland, and their part in WWII

[@Nevyn515]

32:09 Why does this always happen with the end boss… He says because the action hero who has been running and fighting and getting hunted and exploded and hanged and being extremely tired and injured, because the badass he’s fighting has been riding in a tank and is completely fresh. That trope makes sense.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

To a Finn watching Sisu feels probably a bit different, because Finland fought against the Soviet Union with the aid from Germany and because we've heard these war stories and seen movies made out of them all our lives. If the movie feels incredible, the real life stories are often even more incredible. YT has made some of the stories known abroad also. Like Simo Häyhä's, who didn't just kill at least 505 enemies with his riffle, but probably also over 200 with his submachine gun. While fighting against an overwhelming enemy and ending up living to an age of 96 after having already been thought to have died after being shot in the face. One iconic Finnish war movie scene is the scene in the movie The Unknown Soldier, in which a character Rokka shoots 50 enemies. The crazy thing is, that in the real life event the real life Rokka, Viljam Pylkäs, shot 80 enemies. Assumable they didn't have 80 people for the scene when they filmed the movie for the first time in 1955 or 50 enemies just seemed plenty enough. Here's some real life stories and movie scenes based on them. Here's an YT video about Simo Häyhä: "The Ghostly Sniper Who Defied All Odds in WWII". A scene from a movie The Winter War: "Kane Anon The Winter War - Molotov cocktail". Here's that Rokka scene from a 2017 film: "Finnish scouts ambush Soviet force Pt. 3 | Finnish Soviet War". These two videos are about one soldier's story: "Finnish soldier never give up - Rukajärven tie" and "A true story of Kärkkäinen- Rukajärven tie". Here's a video about real life soldier, a character based of whom John Wayne played in movie The Green Beret: "Lauri and the Russian Hit List − The Finn Who Fought Under Three Different Flags". Then there is the story of Aimo Koivunen: "The Terrifying Soldier Rampaging on 30 Tablets of Meth". Here's a lecture about Finland's role regarding the Holocaust: "Strangers in a Stranger Land: Finland's Jewish Soldiers in WWII".

[@kallreader7376]

Always glad to see a Greg and Roxy reaction. let’s go! Dog, sheep? Maybe a sheepdog?

[@fellowspacemarine]

I take it Roxy hasn't seen any of the Wick films cause she appears to be new to the whole "one man vs the world" premise due to the fact that she felt Sisu was in any danger throughout the movie 😄

[@kaizen5023]

3:10 "Was that animal a sheep or a dog?" 🤣 Roxy has apparently never seen a poodle in her life. 🤣

[@mohammadzekereya9311]

I love that we got to see both the cats cameo in the background.

[@1MarkKeller]

As a Finn I'm proud that this movie got as much attention over the world as it did.

[@genida951]

17:30 - Inhaled air contains 21% oxygen. Exhaled air about 17%. Mouth to mouth resuscitation works just fine, but it does look like a LOT of the air in those lungs bubble up. Sisu's not exactly getting a full breath.

[@kobemarion1137]

*Aatami Not Sisu

[@maskon2791]

Im from Finland and went to see this film in the cinema and its one best Finnish movies 🔥

[@yoshimitsu5537]

This movie was so much fun in the theater! Loved revisiting it with Greg and Roxy, and seeing your contrasting reactions to it. We need more Finnish entertainment and culture (Bring on the Leningrad Cowboys reunion tour!)

[@_Escalator_]

Roxy nailed the intro❤👊🏻 This movie was amazing Good work u finn peeps out there Mush love from sweden

[@dreamhayzeeffect4888]

Can I ask you something... is Greg apart of the LGBTQ community?

[@squidcaps4308]

I just replied to a comment about Finnish Airforce emblem (which was swastika for long time).. But i think my reply fits here after giving the backstory.. "The Finnish Air Force used Swastika far before Nazis did. The story it simple: when Finland became independent a Swedish baron wanted to improve Finnish defenses and was avid aviation enthusiasts. So, he donated couple of war planes and that started the Finnish Air Force. Honoring him the FAF picked the barons family crest as an emblem, and that has swastika on it. FAF stopped using it in 2020... Internet is too powerful, there is NO WAY we can explain all of what i just said to all people in the world. But, like i said it predates nazis by two decades and had absolutely nothing to do with each other. But it also highlights the relations between Finns and Swedes: we are brothers, their cause is our cause. It is as simple as that, our fates will be forever tied to each other." It is difficult to really understand knowing world history that there could exist a strong emotional connection between two nations. This kind of feeling i have should not be possible and yet.. it is real. It is very precious and we must cherish it and keep it strong. It won't stay like this without effort. One thing that helps keeping this feeling strong: We all know what is at stake.

[@TheCoronaNiina]

As a finn and a fan of both of you: This is awesome!! Suomi mainittu!🥰🇫🇮

[@yvetteperez5342]

It is based On Simo Hayha not verbatim but he was a phenomenal sharpshooter for Finland During The Winter Wars during 1939 to 1940 imagine this all of his kills were done in 100 days 5 per day especially during that time when there is hardly any day light !! against Russia he killed close to 500 soldiers !!!! Without Ever Using a Scope !!! Outrageous accuracy !!!! his nickname is the WHITE DEATH HE IS KNOWN AS THE GREATEST SHARP SHOOTER IN HISTORY EVER FOR ANY WAR !! I just looked him up he is awesome .....

[@ricardoloza-hernandez5706]

I liked Roxy’s outfit looked very comfortable. Also I thought both Greg’s & Roxy’s reaction to SISU was great

[@SptmbrsVryOwn]

What does her outfit have to do with the reaction? Fucking creep

[@simotalka3682]

As a finnish person im glad you love finnish made action movie im so happy

[@Amh088]

The man who portrayed the tank driver (Onni Tommila) is actually in real life the son of man who plays main character (Jorma Tommila)

[@harbs_cantina]

My mum once told me a story when during WW2 as a school girl she would stand ion her back yard with her dad and would point out the orange glow in the skyline. "That's London being bombed" he explained. Made me shiver.

[@AlluttajaYT]

from Finland, been watching rejects for 2 years nice to see you reacting to a finnish movie :)

[@AlexandriPatris]

When I saw this in the theater, my first comment was that it felt like a Tarantino movie without the snappy (or any) dialogue.

[@spooter79]

This film reminded me so much of Inglourious Basterds.

[@markkulusa]

That was my feeling also, Tarantino-like wibe in the movie...

[@michaelhoran407]

It’s a very powerful war movie, the best, and should be awarded numerous U.S. academy awards for the quality of it.😮❤

[@john.g8972]

This movie was pure awesomeness, they should make it a series somehow

[@tyrellgrey6153]

They announce their gonna make a sequel 🍿💯

[@john.g8972]

@@tyrellgrey6153 Oh didn’t know, that’s great!

[@jerrymerise4925]

Loved Roxy's intro!!..Pretty good movie and great reaction as always 💯

[@TheDarkKenpachi]

I saw this movie in theaters and I wish I hadn't seen a trailer because the trailers showed all the cool action moments. I still really enjoyed watching it but everything I was looking for i'd already seen.

[@mimic1984]

John Wick would be proud.

[@DonkeyScourge]

Simo häyhä got 500 confirmed sniper kills but also a few hundred smg kills

[@ITBEurgava]

Just a mundane badass wanting to cash some gold, with massive dose of blood-drenched determination.

[@eugenejohnson1627]

My review from seeing it in theaters... Great Action-Packed Movie. Definitely worth seeing if you like blood, gore and action. It is light on story. 8/10.

[@johnyd1911]

Was stunning in IMAX.

[@EleventhCubFan]

This movie is so badass!

[@ideamylly]

Great review. Greetings ftom Finland land of SISU🇫🇮

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Finland faught beside Germany. Never to give up our citizens, sadly we gave up for 7, and teiking in a.60. In Finns Army all of Jewish temple joined army. One Medical doctor was, given The First Class of IRON Cross saving so many german soldiers, He Refused!

[@alyxgriffen5073]

The dog (not sheep, lol) is a breed known as a Bedlington Terrier. From good ol' Wikipedia: "[they] are noted for being very quick and having high endurance. They love snow, and can achieve a Husky-like turn of speed on ice or in deep powder, using their powerful noses as a plough. Bedlingtons are noted for their similarity in appearance to lambs." They have that distinctive topknot of hair on their heads, giving them an unmistakeable profile.

[@bobdude42]

Greg: "Please don't kill the horse!" Me: "Oh..."

[@fabian5813]

25:42 "That's The Rope I Used..." "How Do You Know That" It's Easy To Recognize Your Own Knots, Similar To Recognizing Your Own Hand Writing

[@kaitzurovaniemi]

actually its a legend here in Finland. its based a real story but loosely. original person was a sniper.

[@TheWebcrafter]

2:59 - PANNING FOR GOLD - is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its low cost and relative simplicity. Placer mining is the practice of separating heavily eroded minerals like gold from sand or gravel, unlike hardrock mining, which extracts veins of precious minerals from solid rock.

[@damien4622]

Definitely added to my favorite movie list🔥

[@RabbiSteve]

Fun reaction to a super-badass grindhouse flic. Thanks for sharing it.

[@steveschainost7590]

The version of Sisu that I saw had no English. The characters spoke German/Finnish. It may be that they shot multiple versions of the movie in different languages. Contrast that line of fully armed Finnish gals walking out of the fog with the current crop of "Superhero" girls in the Marvel movies.

[@castro3336]

Freaking great movie! Appreciate y'alls reaction. Can't wait for the next upload. Plus, Roxy Killed that intro

[@ninnik]

Now that Christmas is getting closer you should watch Rare Exports. Same director, same male lead, same kind of dark humor. And the boy in the movie is played by the lead actors son (who is in Sisu as well)

[@shaunstudios163]

Does anyone like yelling SISU!!!!!! After watching the trailer

[@DVDhoarder]

Yes, perkele, Y E S 😄

[@shaunstudios163]

👍🏽

[@squidthunder]

There was a parachute logo on the box in the plane, that’s as good as an exposition you get in the scene.

[@dark_6235]

The film is Finnish and tells about the word SISU, what is SISU is persistent, unrelenting willpower, perseverance, indomitability. The concept is part of Finnish national identity

[@indigozulu9]

So Finland's part in WWII is interesting. They weren't an Axis Power, but briefly had to ally with the Nazis because the Soviets were invading Finland. But they only allied with the Nazis because they needed help fighting the Soviets. That was sort of during the Winter War and much more during the Continuation War. This movie takes place during the Lapland War, which as the beginning of the movie said, Finland was now being forced to switch sides and be friendlier with the Soviets than with the Nazis, so now they were fighting the Nazis instead of allied with them. Finland had a lot of shit going on lol Poor Finland just wanted to stay out of WWII but they were being forced to make and drop alliances of circumstance with both the fascists and the commies lol

[@londop.a.3048]

No, it is an ancient good luck symbol from thousands of years ago (Hindu, Buddhist...) Finnish air force put it on planes in 1918. Then one guy from Germany ruined it and began using it in the 1930s.

[@squidcaps4308]

The Finnish Air Force used Swastika far before Nazis did. The story it simple: when Finland became independent a Swedish baron wanted to improve Finnish defenses and was avid aviation enthusiasts. So, he donated couple of war planes and that started the Finnish Air Force. Honoring him the FAF picked the barons family crest as an emblem, and that has swastika on it. FAF stopped using it in 2020... Internet is too powerful, there is NO WAY we can explain all of what i just said to all people in the world. But, like i said it predates nazis by two decades and had absolutely nothing to do with each other. But it also highlights the relations between Finns and Swedes: we are brothers, their cause is our cause. It is as simple as that, our fates will be forever tied to each other.

[@DarimWoW]

As someone with a side of fin in me and the fact that my uncles dog's name was sisu by proxy im proud this got popular

[@janimutikainen7074]

I think now you guys are ready to see another Finnish classic, "Rare Exports". Best christmas movie out there.

[@mandarina4157]

I love the cats just casually cat walking in the background 😂

[@seetaami5810]

Me too! Lost my count after two, but felt really warm and fuzzy after that.

[@hessu275]

I'm really happy as a Finn to see how well this film is doing. Not my type of movie normally but it's hard not to appreciate this

[@EleventhCubFan]

John Wick thinks Sisu is too chatty. The only time he speaks is at the very end of the movie!

[@kah227]

The guy who plays the tank driver is Korpi's son for real. Two other Finnish movies you should try to see is. Unknown Soldier 2017 (Tuntematon sotilas) there are two older version but the 2017 one is the one to go fore. There are 2 versions of the movie one that is a little over 2 hours and one that is closer to 3 hours.There is also a TV series that was filmed at the same time as 5 episodes the episodes are about an hour long. You should see the series or the longer movie. The book Unknown Soldier is written by the author Väinö Linna, he himself was in the war which the movie is based on. And you should watch the movie Heavy Trip it is about an fictional metal band. I think you get some laughs.

[@paulineandrushuk8923]

You 2 had completely differently reactions for the first half with one laughing and full of anticipation for the gory action, and the other with furrowed brow in quiet angst of anticipation.

[@aaronmoen7402]

Could you's two please watch "A Small Light" together? Its about the woman who hid the Frank Family during the Nazi invasion of Amsterdam. Easily one of the best mini-series of the year.

[@Cronin_]

Like many others have said, you might also like the Finnish movie "Tuntematon sotilas" (Unknown soldier). I might be a bit biased (as I'm a Finn), but it's my favourite movie ever. It's really realistic in a way Hollywood movies about WW2 aren't. Would be cool to see you react to it😁

[@seanrobey8335]

Me and my friends saw this in theaters the whole time we were like HOLYSH...but The 2023 action film Sisu incorporates some real-life elements, including the Finnish military sniper Simo Häyhä and the Winter War of 1939-1940. The film's protagonist, Aatami Korpi, is a Finnish commando who fought in the Winter War and became a legendary anti-Russian hitman. Korpi's character is inspired by Häyhä, as well as fictional figures like Rambo. The film also takes place during the Lapland War of 1944, which was a real conflict between Germany and Finland

[@FlorenceBisson-yr7ms]

Love this movie! The idea of the Immortal came from a real WW2 Finnish sniper. I can't remember his name correctly but I do know it begins with an H. He reused to use any other rifle than his old WW1 gun. And be was scarcely a scratch over 5feet tall!

[@SPPhotography89]

This building is the Bank of Finland ( Suomen Pankki ), it is located in Helsinki.

[@DrumsAndGadgets]

Fun facts; the main character "Aatami" (Adam) was in the christmas horror movie "Rare export". The tank driver was the kid in the movie. Director / screenwriter did direct Rare export. And they made Samuel L Jackson movie "Big game". With the same kid. Great reaction!

[@qwertyiopaasdf7551]

You guys should definetly watch a movie called "The unknown soldier" published in 2017. It tells a story of finnish machine gun company during continuation war (1941-1944) fighting against soviets. The movie really shows the horrors of war and is really good. One of the best war movies I have ever seen. Also very underrated

[@johannesbowers7467]

Headcanon: I don't care how... someway this guy is an ancestor of John Wick..... Roxxy, Let us expand your World War 2 Movie reference library: The longest day Patton The big red one A bridge too far Victory Kelly's Heroes. Where Eagles dare. U571 Das Boot The Keep Saving private ryan Band of brothers Red tails The dirty Dozen The Desert fox The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. Fury Enemy at the gates 12 o'clock high The battle of britain The battle of the bulge Valkyrie

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

The place Aatami goes at the end, is actual Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki). Main national finance institute, located in Helsinki.

[@megalomanninen]

The young soldier driving the tank is actually the son of the lead actor in real life.

[@pistonburner6448]

Yes: nepotism is very strong in the totally corrupt Finnish "art" scene.

[@Jay_The_Cat]

The Finnish prisoner on the truck summed it up very well: 'It's not about being the strongest; it's about not giving up.' As you pointed out, Korpi could have plausibly died a number of times throughout the film - he is not invincible. The Soviets feared his spirit more than anything else.

[@k.l.7788]

And the plain crashing to a swamp land, ”suo” in finnish, is spot on. Finland in finnish is Suomi, because Finland is filled with swamps.

[@johnwitick1004]

Hey, that movie tells what sisu really is. When no hope is no more, then sisu takes over it and handles to the success... I know, even all Finn's can handle it...

[@VJEManninen]

Thanks for taking a gander. I thought it was a bit cheesy, but that might just be the Finn in me speaking.

[@Jemppu]

"Of all the gore stuff" that was definitely the thing that elicited the most reaction in the cinema too ^^'

Sisu was based on a Finnish Sniper named Simo Hayha called the white death he had over 500 conformed kills.

[@harleyadam4813]

If you ever doubt the resolve and deadliness of Finnish people, look up the story of Simo Häyhä. A Finnish sniper in The Winter War when Russia invaded Finland in 1939. Simo's unit played probably the best goal line defense in history. With 31 comrades in arms, they took on a battalion of over 4,000 Russian Soldiers and fought them to a standstill. Simo himself had at least 505 confirmed kills in under 100 days, just with his sniper rifle. and some estimates place the total at over 800, because he regularly participated in pitched battle assaults with a submachine gun. He didn't even use a scope on his rifle.

[@NaimV_fx]

Just to say, the oxygen he breathed out of the guys neck was from his lungs, as he was holding his breathed to be underwater

[@terrym120]

My first time watching a finland made movie and very entertain by it especially that scene when the soldier head hit with a land mine I totally dont expected that.

[@StarDustZ0]

As a Finn. glad to see one really good finnish movie to get popular

[@ristorinne5817]

Even if this is not based on real events, this is what we will do when we are cornered. That is SISU. When others are going to give up, we just get started.

[@edaedovald2268]

Watched this with my dad at a local film festival, we both liked it :D though he did tell me there were some inaccuracies about the weaponry and survival rtio etc etc. But he still liked it! We agreed on like 8.5/10 in the end, I think xD

[@taot5655]

"A little bit of exposition would go a long way" he says cause he didnt see the obvious parachute icon on the box as he was looking for a parachute there