The Rats: A Witcher Tale

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To pull off a daring heist, a gang of six misfit outlaws will have to do something they’ve never done before: trust each other — and a washed-up Witcher.

Release Date: October 29, 2025 (Theaters + Digital)

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Runtime: 1h 23m

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Netflix

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Hivemind

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Runtime
1h 23m

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Ben Robson
Bert Brigden
Sharlto Copley
Leo Bonhart
Freya Allan
Princess Cirilla 'Ciri' of Cintra
Warren Masemola
Til Echrade
Innes Maas
Slemmig
Litha Bam
Miss Skret
Tony Caprari
Baron Fitz-Oesterlen
Stevel Marc
Lord Ridot
Dineo Langa
Lady Ridot
Dianne Simpson
Seamstress
Wame Moloantoa
Demitri Ridot
Mihir Soni
Black Hand Guard
Tamer Burjaq
Crooked Nose
Richard Lothian
Berts Guard
Jarosław Sawko
Executive Producer
Jason F. Brown
Executive Producer
Sean Daniel
Executive Producer
Tomek Bagiński
Executive Producer
Andrzej Sapkowski
Book / Creative Consultant
Kerry-Anne Barnard
Costume Design
Mark Walker
Supervising Art Director
Mateusz Schmidt
Original Music Composer
Trevor Michael Brown
Director of Photography
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner
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Reviewer:
jw
Date:
December 13, 2025
# LARPing the basic plot again, Netflix crap. The vultures who grabbed the Witcher "franchise" have done it again. Even this strong side story about the Rats, they managed to corrupt. And I'm not talking about "we need to have a PoC everywhere" in which is supposed medieval Poland and surroundings. I'm talking about a doppler which isn't one: A doppler is someone who can shapeshift to replicate the likeness of another. Hence the name. Here, just some dude with white paint on his face. I'm talking about Bonhart having a nonsensical apperance. Copeley is a good actor, but the styling is stupid. Bonhart is a close-combat fighter; he keeps his hair short, so the opponent cannot grab it. Guess what they did here? long, stringy hair. I'm talking about a pair of regular modern sunglasses modified slightly turning up in a pseudo-arabic medieval setting (which has no place in the slavic Witcher universe). I'm talking about giving Mistle psychic powers - or whatever you want to call it when the writers are lazy and have someone read their notes straight to the audience. For a washed-up fighter, Dolph Lundgren is a solid choice. But the Rats story has no Witcher in it, let alone one from the cat school. 1000 up front, and 20 after the job is done? That's certainly an original negotiation method. To top it off, Til Echrade, a "fair-haired elf" fighter becomes a bald black magician here. And he's not with Skellen, but ... ah, nevermind. It's a mess. The Netflix impostors use names from the stories, some basic plot elements, but that's it. They don't even apply inner logic. OKish-fighting scenes, cheesy music, uninspired direction. LARP is fun when you do it with friends, I suppose; but please don't pass it off as a film adaptation of the story.
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2.0
Reviewer:
DogsLoveMe
Date:
November 2, 2025
When people say only attractive people are being cast in Hollywood movies and TV shows show them this movie. It proves that overweight and ugly people are most definitely being represented!!!
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1.0