some kind of witcher prequel

i didn't dislike it but man choices were made

Before you start reading:
this is a review of The Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) directed by Han Kwang-il and it contains spoilers.
Read my review on Letterboxd if you don’t want to be spoiled.

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the good: good quality animation, great banter and some very interesting original characters, another look into the lore of the world of the witcher, cool monster design

the bad: weird choices about the timeline, some questionable narrative choices ...and SPOILERS.

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i was looking forward to this movie. the witcher s2 is so far away still, and i have no way to justify a third playthrough of wild hunt, so i really hoped it would help me get some kind of fix. the good news is that the mood is right: we have a witcher fighting monsters, we have the intrinsic tragedy of being a witcher, and we have excellent animation to tell us that story. there's also a lot of stuff that left me with a bitter aftertaste in my mouth though. i enjoyed myself, but i wish i liked it more.

( Rambly and spoiler-y recension under the cut )