The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Review - Toss A Coin To The OG Geralt

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is only the second Netflix animated spinoff movie after 2021's The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.

The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep is only the second Netflix animated spinoff movie after 2021’s The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf (check out our review here). But a lot has changed since then, with Netflix’s The Witcher franchise having lost most of its positive reception, popularity or fans since the first season of the live-action series began in 2019. So is The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep still worth watching? Read on to find out.

Toss A Coin To The Witcher

For those who don’t know the name, Doug Cockle is the original voice actor for Geralt in CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher trilogy of games. It’s amazing to hear his gravelly voice again as he returns to voice the character in The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep for the first time since 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. His performance is easily the best part of the movie, and no shade to Henry Cavill’s Geralt, but no one can replace the OG, and that’s the one and only Doug Cockle. Here’s hoping he continues to voice Geralt in future movies, TV shows and games.

Another highlight of the movie is the action scenes, which are pretty fun, bloody and gory. It’s also great to see The Witcher use his special magical sign abilities like the fire-based Igni and Force Push-like Aard. If you enjoy seeing Geralt being badass as always and Merpeople fighting humans, this will be an entertaining experience.

However, the worst part of The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep is its story and plot. Part of the narrative is a blatant ripoff of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, but with more blood and war sprinkled in. One major character is essentially just the movie’s version of Ursula, with a scene that’s a direct clone of an iconic scene from The Little Mermaid, feeling like a lazy effort from the writers. You’ll probably only remember this movie for Doug Cockle but forget about everything else in The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep, as if it’s just another unremarkable side quest in Geralt’s many adventures.

All Hail Doug Cockle

To conclude, if you’re just here for a fun little side quest with a returning OG voice actor Doug Cockle and some action, The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep will provide that. Everything else about this movie is mostly forgettable and proof that Netflix’s golden touch on the franchise is gone.

FINAL SCORE: 70/100

The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep is now streaming on Netflix Malaysia.