The year is 1595, the 25-year war between Sweden and Russia has come to an end and new borders are being marked between Finland and Russia. Two brothers are part of a crew amending map lines who stumble across an unregistered village, deciding the only solution will be to run the new border straight through the village. On the outskirts of this village in swamped woodland a sauna is found, leading to some unnerving events and a bloody finale...
First released in 2008, Evil Rising is the second feature from Finnish director A. J. Annila (Jade Warrior) exploring murder, revenge, sin and redemption through our sibling leads. Knut and Erik couldn't be more different - one is sympathetic and the other is brutally ruthless, having already slain 74 victims, disappointedly recognising: "peace takes away entitlement to murderous acts". The film begins with a gruesome scene showing older bro for what he really is,...
First released in 2008, Evil Rising is the second feature from Finnish director A. J. Annila (Jade Warrior) exploring murder, revenge, sin and redemption through our sibling leads. Knut and Erik couldn't be more different - one is sympathetic and the other is brutally ruthless, having already slain 74 victims, disappointedly recognising: "peace takes away entitlement to murderous acts". The film begins with a gruesome scene showing older bro for what he really is,...
- 7/27/2011
- Shadowlocked
Year: 2008
Directors: Aj Annila
Writers: Iiro Küttner
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Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 5 out of 10
Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ is the story of two brothers working to carry out The Treaty of Teusina in 1595 at the end of the Russo-Swedish war, revising the border in Russian territory as part of a border-recognition treaty detachment. Cavalry Master Eerik has lived through the war since the beginning and is hard-bitten and extremely ruthless to the point of actually being psychotic, and obsessed with the number 73, for that is his body-count. His younger brother Knut has led a comparatively sheltered life, studying to become a geography teacher back in Stockholm, Sweden. The brothers are joined by their Russian counterparts, the straightforward Captain Semenski, Musko and homosexual Ivan, who’s got his eye on Knut...
The film starts slowly and basically continues as such, early on Eerik and Knut arrive at a...
Directors: Aj Annila
Writers: Iiro Küttner
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 5 out of 10
Antti-Jussi Annila’s ‘Sauna’ is the story of two brothers working to carry out The Treaty of Teusina in 1595 at the end of the Russo-Swedish war, revising the border in Russian territory as part of a border-recognition treaty detachment. Cavalry Master Eerik has lived through the war since the beginning and is hard-bitten and extremely ruthless to the point of actually being psychotic, and obsessed with the number 73, for that is his body-count. His younger brother Knut has led a comparatively sheltered life, studying to become a geography teacher back in Stockholm, Sweden. The brothers are joined by their Russian counterparts, the straightforward Captain Semenski, Musko and homosexual Ivan, who’s got his eye on Knut...
The film starts slowly and basically continues as such, early on Eerik and Knut arrive at a...
- 5/4/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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