Superior B grade more satisfying than the latest Indiana Jones disappointment, SISU sizzles up a spectacular slaughter of Nazis in gleeful retribution.

It’s The Good the Bad and the Ugly meets Inglourious Basterds, with a dash of Mad Max, as Director Jalmari Helander, maker of one of the great Santa movies, Rare Exports, sets his sights on swatting the Swastika swine, the scourge of the Second World War.

Set in 1944, the Nazis, nearing annihilation, set forth a scorched earth policy as they beat a retreat across Finland. A rag tag squad consisting of a tank, a truck, a motorcycle with sidecar come into contact with a grizzled old miner who has just struck a mother lode of gold, his horse’s saddlebags chock full of nuggets.

The greedy Nazi’s want the loot but they don’t realise that this grizzled old git is a former Fin commando. Earlier in the war, the Russians nicknamed him the Immortal. Can these relics of the Third Reich exterminate what the Russians couldn’t? They’ll give it a crack and die trying.

Some may call it revenge, most will see it as atonement for the atrocities committed. These Nazis are guilty of enslavement, rape, the laying of minefields, the wanton destruction of cities and villages, and now they have slaughtered the miner’s horse, stolen his gold and kidnapped his dog.

Played by Jorma Tommila, a strong and commanding presence, this old geezer makes Rambo look like Ken Doll.

Part war movie, part Western, pure cinema, SISU spreads its mayhem gleefully, with a minimum of dialogue allowing image to tell its glorious, gory story.

Cinematographer Kjell Lagerroos evokes a chilling post-apocalyptic look and Juri Sepper and Tuomas Wainola have composed a soundtrack with hints of Morricone.

Nazis getting their comeuppance is as cathartic today as it ever was, and the catharsis of vanquishing fascist bullies in SISU is gold plated.