After defeating 300 Nazi’s in the first film, our hero returns to his home in what is now Russia occupied Finland. In a heartbreaking sequence, he mourns his dead wife and children before dismantling his home and loading the logs onto a truck so he can rebuild in another part of Finland that isn’t occupied by Russia. The problem is, the man who tortured his family before chopping them up with a shovel is sent after him to kill him since his actions in the first film made him a legend.
What ensues in an hour and a half long chase sequence where the protagonist uses his heavy duty pick up truck filled with logs to dodge, block, and run over Russian military riding trucks, bikes, and planes. His dog is along for the ride too. After he is forced off of a cliff by a plane dropping bombs, he commandeers an old tank in a last ditch effort to get across the border into Finland that leaves him injured and dazed. He awakes on a train headed for Siberia as he is tortured and is informed that he will live out is life in a Gulag.
After spending most of the film being chased by the Red Army commander who killed his family, the protagonist becomes the hunter and must fight his way up to the front of the train through cars full of Russian military. There’s even a giant rocket for him to use.
The first film is near perfect and the sequel is almost as good. The blood soaked action sequences are equal parts believable revenge and suspension-of-belief stunts that had the theater both laughing and clapping. It’s like Snowpiercer met Mission Impossible with a revenge plot in post WWII Europe.
Stephen Lang joins the cast as the Red Army commander and doesn’t disappoint. Jorma Tommila’s facial acting as Sisu is truly something to behold. He barely utters a word and he doesn’t need to. His eyes tell his entire story. The two men as adversaries was a great casting choice.
A great sequel about grief, revenge, and where home truly is. Some sequels just hit different. This is one of them.
4 out of 5 stars.
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After defeating 300 Nazi’s in the first film, our hero returns to his home in what is now Russia occupied Finland. In a heartbreaking sequence, he mourns his dead wife and children before dismantling his home and loading the logs onto a truck so he can rebuild in another part of Finland that isn’t occupied by Russia. The problem is, the man who tortured his family before chopping them up with a shovel is sent after him to kill him since his actions in the first film made him a legend.
What ensues in an hour and a half long chase sequence where the protagonist uses his heavy duty pick up truck filled with logs to dodge, block, and run over Russian military riding trucks, bikes, and planes. His dog is along for the ride too. After he is forced off of a cliff by a plane dropping bombs, he commandeers an old tank in a last ditch effort to get across the border into Finland that leaves him injured and dazed. He awakes on a train headed for Siberia as he is tortured and is informed that he will live out is life in a Gulag.
After spending most of the film being chased by the Red Army commander who killed his family, the protagonist becomes the hunter and must fight his way up to the front of the train through cars full of Russian military. There’s even a giant rocket for him to use.
The first film is near perfect and the sequel is almost as good. The blood soaked action sequences are equal parts believable revenge and suspension-of-belief stunts that had the theater both laughing and clapping. It’s like Snowpiercer met Mission Impossible with a revenge plot in post WWII Europe.
Stephen Lang joins the cast as the Red Army commander and doesn’t disappoint. Jorma Tommila’s facial acting as Sisu is truly something to behold. He barely utters a word and he doesn’t need to. His eyes tell his entire story. The two men as adversaries was a great casting choice.
A great sequel about grief, revenge, and where home truly is. Some sequels just hit different. This is one of them.
4 out of 5 stars.
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