Death Note (2017)
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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Perfect cast and a good story
Did you people see the same film I saw?
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
It's very interesting reading the reviews. Sounds like if you were a fan of the original anime version, you HATED this movie. I had never heard of the original, and I really liked the movie. I can handle being in the minority!
Let me start off by saying I love the original Death Note anime. However this live action rendition is absolutely horrible. I appreciate what they were trying to do but really NetFlix.. The main character is a bad actor with no talent whatsoever. I had to force myself to finish it. It just drags on and on with a confusing plot and bad acting in general. Do yourself a favor and skip this monstrosity of a film.
The movie was great for a Netflix movie especially if you never watched the anime ( like me) its definitely worth the watch
Based on an anime, this Americanized version fares a bit better than the other J-Horror translations from a few years ago like The Grudge & The Ring but the inclusion of a Japanese character & the killer's Asian nom de plume still rears its ugly head as if American film-goers won't get what's going on. Well cast & directed, this horror fable sets in motion when a tome falls into the hands of a disaffected youth to mete death on all those that he & his newly found & increasingly gung-ho frau feel deserve their brand of grisly justice. With some 80's tunes scattered throughout the score, I kept thinking of the stylish yet empty horror pics of that decade like the First Order & Bad Dreams but this film does have a little meat on its metaphorical bones but not by much.