Previously a popular Japanese manga series, Death note has been unleashed into the real world in this 2017 blockbuster movie. When I heard this movie was coming out to theaters, I personally got very excited to see what this title had in store for us. Not being a fan of Japanese cartoons growing up I never watched the original series but I did have friends that talked highly about it.
The movie Death Note itself is not very hard to comprehend. In the movie, a young male high school student named Light Turner who is a little reckless stumbles upon a book that fell from the sky one day titled death note. Later the same day he's visited by a demonic figure who explains the easy rules of the book. Write who you want to die in the book and how. Given such power Turner starts off by killing criminals but eventually gets carried away. Without giving too many spoilers away Turners learns his lesson throughout his journey with the book.
With the challenges the screenwriters had with basing this movie off an older show and trying to make it as original as possible, I believe they did a decent job. There are many things about this movie I would change but overall this is a good movie. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the original Death Note and anyone who is into Sci-Fi.
My rating 73/100
The movie Death Note itself is not very hard to comprehend. In the movie, a young male high school student named Light Turner who is a little reckless stumbles upon a book that fell from the sky one day titled death note. Later the same day he's visited by a demonic figure who explains the easy rules of the book. Write who you want to die in the book and how. Given such power Turner starts off by killing criminals but eventually gets carried away. Without giving too many spoilers away Turners learns his lesson throughout his journey with the book.
With the challenges the screenwriters had with basing this movie off an older show and trying to make it as original as possible, I believe they did a decent job. There are many things about this movie I would change but overall this is a good movie. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the original Death Note and anyone who is into Sci-Fi.
My rating 73/100
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