Sisu: Road to Revenge Ending Explained: How Aatami Korpi Lights the Fuse for Sisu 3
Sisu: Road to Revenge explodes into a rail-bound bloodbath, hurling Aatami Korpi from a speeding carriage onto a missile-packed wagon for a savage last stand against Igor Draganov that leaves the track—and the body count—smoking.
Well, that escalated quickly. 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' doesn’t just go bigger than the first film, it goes full Looney Tunes-with-blood in the final stretch — and somehow still lands on a weirdly tender note. If you came for gnarly stunts and old-man fury, you will leave fed.
The wild train finale
Director Jalmari Helander and star Jorma Tommila push Aatami Korpi right to the edge in his last fight with Stephen Lang’s Igor Draganov. Aatami gets hurled out of a carriage and crashes onto a wagon hauling a live missile. Draganov leans in with the final-boss taunt:
'Any last words? Spit it out.'
Aatami literally does. He spits out the bolt that had been locking the missile to the car. With the engine already fired up, the vibration rattles the payload free. It rockets forward, blasts into Draganov’s carriage, and turns everything into splinters while Igor scrambles.
Then the film pulls a cruel little gag: the missile stops inches from Draganov’s face. He exhales. It sputters back to life on the remaining fuel, bores into his forehead, and detonates. Brutal, absurd, and yes, deeply satisfying.
Aftermath: back to Finland, back to basics
Post-explosion, Aatami literally brings his house back to Finland — plank by plank. It’s a quietly odd detail that the movie treats as totally normal, and honestly, it works. He’s reassembling his life by hand when a group of men approaches with shovels and axes. He grabs his own axe, ready for round 27. Instead, they tell him in Finnish they’re there to help rebuild. He doesn’t say a word. Eyes welling, the grip loosens, and the guys get to work as the credits roll. After all the carnage, that softness hits.
Why Draganov is so dead set on killing Korpi
This is where the movie lays out the ugly history — and it’s nasty. Russians killed Korpi’s family. In response, he turned into the legend the Russians call the Koschei (the immortal one) and slaughtered 300 Russian men. In 'Road to Revenge', Korpi heads into Soviet-occupied Finland to rip his old home apart and haul it out. That move hits Moscow’s radar fast. Richard Brake shows up as a KGB officer who tells Draganov that Korpi crossed into the Soviet Union ten hours earlier.
And then the personal twist: Draganov is the one who murdered Korpi’s wife and two children. He basically believes he forged Aatami’s 'sisu' and has now been tasked with ending it — as in, finishing the job before the Koschei can kill any more Russians. So even though Korpi just wants to rebuild, Igor is locked on to stamp out the myth he helped create. Stephen Lang plays it with a cold, menacing snap that keeps the whole movie from feeling too comic-book.
Who’s who and what they want
- Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila): war-scarred legend; wants to take back his home and rebuild
- Igor Draganov (Stephen Lang): the man who killed Korpi’s family; wants to erase the Koschei once and for all
- KGB Officer (Richard Brake): the one who flags Korpi’s movements and puts Draganov on the hunt
- Jalmari Helander: writer-director swinging harder, bloodier, and stranger the second time out
So... are we getting Sisu 3?
The original 'Sisu' hit in 2022 and quietly turned into a word-of-mouth success. Finnish film, global love, strong reviews — the whole deal. Helander said back in 2023 that if the first movie worked, they were open to a sequel. Well, now 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' is doing the business, and he’s already teasing there’s more Aatami to wring out.
'But I don’t know, maybe trouble finds him [Aatami Korpi] again.'
The ending certainly leaves the door cracked: Korpi finally finds a moment of peace, which is exactly the kind of thing stories love to smash. You could chase a bunch of angles — Aatami meeting someone with equal 'sisu', Russians making another run at killing the myth of the Koschei, you name it.
Would you want another 'Sisu'? I’m weirdly on board — as long as they keep the mix of deranged action and straight-faced emotion exactly this unhinged.
'Sisu: Road to Revenge' is currently screening in theaters (USA).