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.
Directors
Cast
Masi Oka, Eileen Pedde, Michael Shamus Wiles, Willem Dafoe, Shea Whigham, Christopher Britton, Nat Wolff, Tony Ali, Chris Webb, Ash Lee, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Paul McGillion, Fraser Corbett, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Paul Nakauchi, Christian Sloan, Lia Lam, Cole Vigue, Jason Liles, Artin John, David S. Jung, Barbara Beall, Jessica McLeod, Olena Medwid, Natalie Moon, Albert Nicholas, Al Miro, Arlina Rodríguez, Michelle Kim, Colin Corrigan, Sarah Ziolkowski, Jack Ettlinger, Michelle Choi-Lee, Scott Seol, Beau Han Bridge, Jesse Irving, Anousha Alamian, Jesse Stretch, Artur Stofel, Shayan Moallef, DaeYoung Danny Kim, Anup Sehdev, Juanpaolo Mercado, Kyle Donaldson, Addison Gosselin
Trailer
Reviews
70
IGN
What’s frustrating is that with better lead performers and a tighter script, Wingard could have made a great adaptation. Instead it settles when it should have soared.
63
Slant Magazine
Whereas the more grounded scenes of Death Note anchor a startlingly bloody fantasy of power run amok, the scenes that fixate on super powers and code-busting seldom manage to rise above the realm of serviceable YA fiction.
60
Perhaps stifled by the cultural and commercial clout of its source material (a multimedia juggernaut of books, movies, television shows and a stage musical), Death Note feels rushed and constricted.
50
Rather than relying on amplifying typical genre conventions, Wingard methodically lays the foundation to set up this particular Death Note adaptation for a potential sequel, but the outcome is more deliberate than inspired.
50
The whole thing feels like the pilot episode of a third-rate comic-book vigilante TV show.
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