This is the movie my sweetie-wife and I will be seeing this Sunday at our local AMC theater. The star of the flick, Jorma Tommila also starred in another Finnish film that has become one of our favorite holiday treats, Rare Exports a horror/comedy about reindeer herding, International Capitalism, and the true nature of Santa Claus and his ‘helpers.’

Sisu, which is a word that the Finns use to describe their national character that was forged in the brutal Winter War with the Soviet Union, does appear to be batting a little clean up on the nation’s history. While Finland was not an ally of Nazi Germany it was a co-belligerent, happy to inflict some revenge on the Soviets for their 1939 invasion, but willing to ‘tap out’ once it became clear who was going to win the war.

The film appears to be dubbed but if that is the best we can get in the theaters then that will have to do.