Death Note

2007 "The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?"
7.5| 2h6m| R| en| More Info
Released: 21 April 2007 Released
Producted By: Shochiku
Country: Japan
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Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Executscan Expected more
BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
DeadlyBaazigar As a big, big fan of the anime, I must admit I had high hopes for this movie. I was overall however, left feeling disappointed. L's character may look like him but his acting is horrible, along with Light. Light's good looks, suave, and brilliant schemes aren't nearly as well portrayed in the movie either. I understand that some of the stuff needed to be cut to try and fit the anime as a movie but some scenes added(like the art gallery scene) are completely unnecessary and over the top. They also misrepresent Light's personality vs his anime personality. Watch the movie if you have time but I have a feeling most fans of the anime will be left thoroughly disappointed after watching it.
imadud I don't understand how this movie can have so high reviews even though it's so crap. People say this movie was so enjoyable when I really don't see how. Even for a 2006 movie the CGI is terrible. In one scene in particular, Light finds the death note even though it's pouring rain, its dark, and he nearly died just a few minutes ago. Also, the book is black, SO HOW WOULD HE NOTICE IT? Another scene in where he is first using the death note on a criminal, it says it takes about 30 seconds for it to kill someone. Yet, when he writes his name in the book, he dies instantly. Plenty more of these type of scene problems really bug me throughout the movie like how instead of his dad just leaving police stuff on the computer so Light can kill random criminals through the police database, apparently in this movie, he's a super teenage hacker that can hack in to a police database. A POLICE DATABASE! Just think about that for a minute. A random teenage boy can hack a high-tech police database. You could just say that he's super smart because of the Asian schools, but the police went to those same schools so what happened? Also, the acting feels like an anime instead of a movie which is not how you make an adaptation from anime to movie.The sets are okay and the casting is fine, but when mostly everything is fine and the bad stuff is really bad then you really enjoy it much. I would talk about all the things I hate about this movie, but I would have to spoil it a lot so I will leave my opinion to stand.
Sofia Foidl I really enjoyed this movie. There were some slight differences between the movie and the anime, like Raye's last name, where Light finds the Death Note, and not using Near or Mello (which could be understood if they didn't want to make another sequel). The English Dub of this movie is the original cast in the anime, which I really liked and got use to the voices from the anime. They picked great actors and the effects were good. Mastuda in the English Dub is my favorite, he's hilarious. I love how every scene with L, he's always eating candy or something sugary. Plus it was really cool how they used computer effects to make Ryuk come alive as a Shinigami. Overall, this movie is great with bringing us into the life of Light and L in their battle for justice. Besides some differences, the movie comes close to being similar to the anime and the manga. So for those who liked the anime, you'll enjoy the Death Note movie as well.
CountZero313 As a non-aficionado of manga, I am always wary of manga-inspired productions. Nana, for example, panders purely to its manga fan-base and fails to engage a wider audience.Death Note, however, manages to break free of its comic book origins. Light finds the Death Note, a jotter that allows him to pass a death sentence on anyone whose name he writes in it. Ryuuk, the apple-addicted Angel of Death who owns the book, turns up to play sidekick to Light's procession of executions. The police are at a loss, till super-sleuth 'L' takes on the case and figures out the MO and narrows the suspects down to the lead detectives' family.Tatsuya Fujiwara is perfectly cast, his angelic features in shocking contrast to the character's dark heart. Ken'ichi Matsuyama is all quirky brilliance as L. The pace is brisk, the twists plausible and surprising. The ending sets up the sequel but in a forgivable manner. Fun, entertaining cinema.