Oddly enough I took my sweet time getting around to watching "The Witcher" as it was based on a computer game, and those movies then to do quite poorly. But after several people telling me that I, as an avid player of role-playing games, should sit down and watch "The Witcher", I eventually did.

Turns out that I was missing out on something very enjoyable. Now, I didn't particularly enjoy "Game of Thrones" as it was way too heavy on political drama, intrigue, backstabbing and such, I found "The Witcher" to be right up my alley. As this felt more at home and to have elements found in role-playing games to it.

And the fact that Henry Cavill completely nailed it with his performance as Geralt of Rivia was just spectacular. I think "The Witcher" definitely puts the notion of Henry Cavill being nothing more than just a "Superman" clone on ice for me. He simply was brilliant in this role; so well-cast.

The series does also boast other great performances from the likes of Anya Chalotra, Adam Levy, Joey Batey and Lars Mikkelsen.

"The Witcher" is a great combination of action, character interaction and plot. The mixture definitely worked for me. However, while there was a red line to the series and the episodes, it just felt a little bit too much like every episode was a stand-alone episode that you could watch out of chronological order; especially since the characters were in one location in one episode, then a completely different location in the next episode, without explaining how the transition went of getting there or why.

The special effects in "The Witcher" were good, and I especially liked the CGI on the creatures in the last episode. And the magical effects were also nicely brought to life on the screen by means of realistic CGI.

Now, I haven't played the games, nor read the novels, so I have no idea how true the Netflix series is to the source material. Nor do I really care, because I found "The Witcher" to be very enjoyable entertainment.

I am rating "The Witcher" eight out of ten stars, and I am definitely looking forward to more seasons and following the adventures of Geralt of Rivia. "The Witcher" is well-worth spending time on sitting down to watch.