Sisu (2023)

Original Title: Sisu

Tagline: Vengeance is golden.

Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.

During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner.

In late 1944, Aatami Korpi, a Finnish soldier, discovers a rich gold deposit in the Lapland wilderness and heads towards Rovaniemi. He encounters a large Waffen-SS platoon led by Obersturmführer Bruno Helldorf, who is destroying villages and taking several Finnish women captive. Helldorf takes little interest in Aatami, allowing him to pass. Aatami detonates another mine to escape, killing several soldiers and ensuring a clear path for Helldorf.

Helldorf's second-in-command Wolf learns of Aatami's past, as he became the legendary "one-man death squad" during the Winter War. Helldorf defies his orders to continue retreating to hunt down Aatami and steal the gold, explaining that Nazi Germany needs the gold to escape prosecution for war crimes. German soldiers dispatch dogs to follow Aatami's trail, but Aatami's dog is discovered by Helldorf.

Aatami discovers Rovaniemi has been left in burning ruins and takes shelter in the remains of a petrol station. Helldorf sends Aatami's dog to find him, but Aatami saves his life by hooking his wounds onto protruding rebar. Helldorf discovers an abandoned plane with the pilot hanged by the same noose used on Aatami. Aatami climbs onto the truck holding the female captives, kills their guards, and arms the women. Aino, the de-facto leader of the women, commandeers one of the trucks, allowing Aatami to leap onto Helldorf's tank. Helldorf kills Schütze before taking off with the pilot. Aatami fires at the plane, mortally wounding the pilot, and uses his pickaxe to get onboard in midair. Helldorf and Aatami engage in hand-to-hand combat, with Helldorf dropping Helldorf to his death. The freed women drive the German tank to an incredulous Finnish Army unit.