I am not a head-over-heels fan of "The Witcher" franchise, though I found the Netflix series to be entertaining. So I wasn't really overly thrilled about this 2021 animated foray into the franchise. But as the opportunity to sit down and watch it presented itself, of course I did so.

And yeah, "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf" certainly was watchable, but it wasn't something that made me sit with raised arms and being particularly thrilled or excited. But I found this animated movie from writer Beau DeMayo to be adequately entertaining.

The storyline was pretty straight forward, though it wasn't something that mentally challenges the audience. You simply just lean back, much on the snack and watch the movie unfold on the screen. Certain things in the storyline felt rushed, if not casually brushed over, which was a shame, because a more thoroughly thought through plot would have added to the overall enjoyment.

The art style that they opted to use for "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf" was good. It felt like a mixture between traditional animated movie style, say the 1980s cartoons, and mixed in with a dash of Anime. It worked out well enough, and wasn't boring to look at.

With "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf" being an animated movie, of course having a proper voice cast is alpha and omega. And they did have an okay ensemble of voice performers to portray the various roles and characters here. Mostly talents that I wasn't familiar with, aside from Graham McTavish.

All in all then "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf" is watchable, but I think it has a wider appeal to the hardcore fans of the franchise than it does for someone like me, a casual viewer.

My rating of director Kwang Il Han's "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf" lands on a five out of ten stars.

As a child Vesemir's life was saved by a witcher, a mercenary who kills monsters. Vesemir desires to become a witcher in spite of them being despised by humans. And Plot Spoiler, we quickly discover the witchers are creating the monsters to stay in business, something unknown to Vesemir. This leads to issues.

I didn't like the characters or the monster graphics.

Guide: F-word. Nudity.

New monsters are rising in the woods after Witchers had mostly cleared them. Vesemir is a Witcher for hire. Accusation arises that Witchers are the ones creating the monsters as a scheme to rebuild their work for hire.

This is an animated prequel expansion of the world of The Witcher series. It's a good story. The characters are compelling. The old school animation is alright. The Korean studio does a lot of American TV work and it has a good handle on it. This is well made.