Ranking movies at the end of their respective years is always a troublesome activity. With its restrained dialogue, monster violence and discombobulated timeline, the sequence generally feels more like a mashup of online game cutscenes than a cohesive dramatic narrative – however it works. The Witcher’s actual success is in seeming to recognise that viewers do not necessarily need their ridiculous fantasy reveals to be too excessive-foreheador pretentious, and are primarily right here to see some cool magic results and sexy Geralt in the bath (surprising exactly nobody, there’s plenty of gratuitous female nudity too). Primarily based on a true…