Lionsgate has officially announced the start of production on John Rambo, director Jalmari Helander’s (Big Game, Sisu) prequel to the action classic First Blood, with upcoming Street Fighter star Noah Centineo stepping into the combat boots of Sylvester Stallone’s iconic one-man fighting force. “When I was eleven, I saw First Blood for the first time, and it changed […]
Movie Review – Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Sisu: Road to Revenge, 2025.Written and Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Richard Brake, and Stephen Lang.SYNOPSIS:A man returns to dismantle his family’s house, where they were murdered in war, to rebuild it elsewhere. When the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks him down, a brutal cross-country pursuit begins.Early in Sisu: Road to Revenge, […]
Action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge unleashes a trailer and poster
Sony Pictures Entertainment has shared a trailer for Sisu: Road to Revenge, the upcoming sequel to the acclaimed to the 2023 action thriller from writer-director Jalmari Helander.The film sees Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila) return to the dismantle the home his family was brutally murdered in, looking to rebuild it elsewhere in their honour, until the […]
Noah Centineo to play John Rambo in First Blood prequel
Director Jalmari Helander (Sisu) may have found his leading man for the upcoming John Rambo prequel. According to Deadline, Noah Centineo (The Recruit) is in talks to star as a young Rambo in the action film.Plot details are being kept under wraps, but John Rambo will centre on the character’s youth as a Green Beret recruit during […]
John Rambo prequel incoming from Sisu director Jalmari Helander
Rambo will be returning to cinemas, but without Sylvester Stallone in the role as a prequel titled John Rambo is in development.Deadline reported the news which was announced at Cannes from Millennium Films. Specific plot details remain under wraps, but John Rambo will explore Rambo’s origin in the Vietnam War and the traumatic experiences that set him […]
Ke Huy Quan to lead new action film Fairytale in New York
Ke Huy Quan is getting his action leading man on with the new film Fairytale in New York. Jalmari Helander, the filmmaker behind Sisu, will direct this upcoming action thriller. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani will pen the script.The story is set on Christmas Eve in New York City and centers on an unassuming cab […]
Movie Review – Sisu (2023)
Sisu, 2023.Written and directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, and Mimosa Willamo.SYNOPSIS:When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Big Game) returns with […]
Movie Review – Sisu (2023)
Sisu, 2023.Written and Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, and Mimosa Willamo.SYNOPSIS:When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.Sisu begins with a text graphic giving a rough translation […]
Vengeance is golden in red band trailer for WWII action thriller Sisu
Lionsgate has released a poster and red band trailer for Sisu, the WWII action thriller from writer-director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports).The film centres on Aatami (Jorma Tommila), an ex-commando and prospector who goes up against the Nazis in the northern Finland wilderness, stopping at nothing to take back the gold they have stolen from him. […]
