Death Note (死亡筆記本) is a 2006 film out of Japan. The movie is partly based on an Japanese anime of the same name. The movie stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, and Yuu Kashii.
The movie is about a notebook called "Death Note". The first page of the book has rules on how to use the book and the movie will display those rules on the screen. Basically, if you enter a name into this book and you know the face, the person will meet its death as you write it or suffer an heart attack. Tatsuya Fujiwara, plays Light, a college law student and son of the high ranking inspector. Light has been on a surge with writing names into the book and many criminals have now died because their names appear in the book. The worldwide community has started to investigate and pinpointed the suspect to Tokyo. A cat and mouse chase happens between Light and those trying to find the killer, L.
The movie was rather slow and predictable. Maybe its because the stupid DVD previews the anime before the movie. Giving away most of the plot points. Or was it the, "hey, he's for justice, but now thinks he's god" complex that you knew was coming. Or was this movie just too hyped that I was let down. I don't know. I am now wondering if I want to see the sequel. If it is more of the same, I am not interested.
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