I'm a long time fan of The Witcher games and books. The Series wasn't so good, departing from the titular character in favour of an ensemble cast that leaned way too much on modern writing tropes for my liking.
I first heard about The Rats from Dolph Lundgren's Insta, and was immediately drawn in. Man, that guy would make a fantastic Witcher! He's tall and imposing, and actually looks tough, even at his age. I sat down to watch it the following day.
That's the good stuff out the way. Now on to the negatives.
I've never hated a group quite so intensely or immediately as 'The Rats', the supposed good guys of the story. They fall into all the same annoying, overdone pit falls as the main series.
The men are generally soft and clumsy, the women gruff and foul mouthed (perhaps an interesting twist once, not any more). They all speak and act largely like modern people (one of them even calls another one 'babes' at one point - I am now dying of terminal cringe).
They also complain about not having the money to buy food early on, even though one of the crew is heavily overweight. - threw me right off.
The characters do not look, feel or act like characters from the setting. They're essentially a soft, comfortable person's idea of what starving rogues are supposed to be. Dangerous characters, written by people who need safety scissors to open their crisps.
Overall, it's an interesting premise, a medieval heist backed up by a down on his luck mutant, but falls totally short in just about every way, hampered by poor actors and script writers. (Maybe i'm being harsh, the actors might have been better under different circumstances)
Watch it for Dolph, but if you didn't like the Witcher series, give this one a miss.
