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Nero the Assassin - Drunk Monk - 10-12-2025
Set in 16th century France, this is an 8 ep sword and sorcery mini series made in France.
It’s pretty fun. The first sword fight in ep 1 was surprisingly good ultravi. That caught my attention immediately. Nero is the best assassin from a squad of 7 that serve a manipulative power hungry nobleman. Then there’s a wicked 1-eyed witch, a privileged princess, an illegitimate and abandoned daughter, and a priest worried about the apocalypse. The characters aren’t complex, just enough for this swashbuckler.
It moves along at a steady pace, combining Decent storytelling with action well. What’s pulling me in is the action. There’s been several melees and they’ve all been very satisfactory - some fresh takes on cold arm violence that brutal yet feels authentic. Solid choreographic details, usually only one or a few actions per cut, but a lot of the stabs and kills are graphic (not too gory) and cleverly executed.
I’m 2 eps in and may binge this all quickly, given its addictive pacing.
Gonna go out on a limb here an give this the D00M recommendation based on only seeing a quarter of it so far. Liking this a lot while only a quarter in.
RE: Nero the Assassin - Drunk Monk - 10-13-2025
Seen. Was only going to watch a few but got hooked and binged the remaining 6 eps over today. It was very entertaining on many levels - solid swordplay action, good pacing, plenty of engaging characters, and lots of duplicit double crossing. Although a lot of the characters die, there’s an opening for season 2.
Full D00M recommendation especially for PPFY because it’s stabalicious.