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The Witcher

Netflix Original Series 🎥 Review: “The Witcher”.

Critics gave it a 67% the users an 92%.

Rated: TV-MA Season One with 8 one hour episodes and an IMDb of 8.3/10.

Cast (Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Eamon Farren, Anya Chalotra, Joey Batey, MyAnna Buring, Royce Pierreson, Mimi Ndiweni, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, Anna Shaffer and Mahesh Jadu.

The Witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

The Witcher is an American fantasy drama series produced by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich. It is based on the book series of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired landmass known as "the Continent", The Witcher explores the legend of Geralt of Rivia and princess Ciri, who are linked by destiny to each other. The show initially follows the three main protagonists at different points of time, exploring formative events that shaped their characters, before eventually merging into a single timeline.

The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix in its entirety on December 20, 2019. It is based on The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, which are collections of short stories that precede the main Witcher saga. Before the first season had been released, Netflix announced a second eight-episode season, to be released in 2021; production was scheduled to commence in London in early 2020.

First off if you enjoy fantasy series Game of Thrones and needing a fix, this is the series for you. It has some writing issues and scene disconnects, but the fights and magics are awesome. You’ll need to stick with the series and you’ll see the episodes get better and better as it moves through the story line.

So if you looking for something easy to binge and you’re missing GoT’s, check this out you may be happy you did.