Death Note

  • Crime
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
8/25/2017
101
R

Storyline

A young man comes to possess a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that grants him the power to kill any person simply by writing down their name on the pages. He then decides to use the notebook to kill criminals and change the world, but an enigmatic detective attempts to track him down and end his reign of terror.

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$40,000,000

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  • zhadow900

    Death Note - __

    While different from the anime, and surely the manga, Death Note is an enjoyable adaption. If you watched the anime, you know that the seriess first episode titled Rebirth starts out in the Shinigami Realm. We unfortunately do not see this scene or ever visit the Shinigami Realm but I think thats just fine for this adaption as when we meet Ryuk for the first time, its so cool and terrifying at the same time. The film didnt feel rushed despite having a fast pace but I never felt lost. In addition, the killings were gruesome. Also let me just say Margaret Qualley is bae to unbelievable max. Her Mia Sutton (originally Misa Amane) is just UGH <3 Nat Wolff was actually fairly decent as Light Turner (originally Light Yagami)....

    August 25, 2017
  • StarMasayume

    Despite tentative hopes, the Netflix live action movie for Death Note was painful to watch. Watching with my husband and another friend who was a fan of the original anime, we switched it off after 10 minutes soon after Light's girly screaming. I did manage to play the rest on my own while multi-tasking since I felt I owed it that much. The shinigami Ryuk was the one cool thing, even if they changed his amused observer role the acting and effects for him were great. Everything else though? Instead of a top role model perfect student equally liked by fellow students and adults, Light became a whiney emo brat with so many issues. Mia, who filled in for Misa's role, instead of sweet ditzy but still somewhat smart (and definitely loyal to a fau...

    October 5, 2017

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