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masterx1234Aug 25, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh boy where do i start?, There are so many things wrong with this movie i cant even begin to tell you about my frustration. The movie in no way properly follows the anime. There are rules of the death note that were changed in the movie like the fact that only the death note keeper can see a death god when in fact anyone who touches it should of been able to see ryuk. The characters in the movie are not even the same race as the anime. And yes i know they arent japanese but for Fu*** sakes why did they make L a African american? I'm not racists but cmon! They barely show ryuk at all in the movie probably because Netflix has a poor CGI budget or whatever. Most of the story is stretched out for no reason in a ton of boring scenes that lead to nothing but a small 2 minutes of dialogue. I wont even bother reviewing the rest of the movie because its all pointless, the movie sucks end of story and is not even worthy of having the Death Note name.… Expand

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sgy0003Sep 5, 2017

Whitewash? Check
Loosely based on original work? Check
Irregular pacing? Check Characters who have little to no similarities to their original? Check Once again, live-action anime movies suck major balls. Except for the Japanese ones, ofWhitewash? Check
Loosely based on original work? Check
Irregular pacing? Check
Characters who have little to no similarities to their original? Check

Once again, live-action anime movies suck major balls. Except for the Japanese ones, of course. Go watch those instead of this steaming pile of goat ****… Expand

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StrxexAug 26, 2017

Literally turned a master piece into hot headed teen drama. Characters was largely misrepresented, and the plot feels rushed. The producers missed the whole point of the original animation.

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ZadenBuria15Aug 27, 2017

This is one of the worst pieces of **** I've seen in my life, it doesn't only ****s on absolutely everything the Manga and Anime created, but it also sucks as a film as well.
The directing, photography, script, and acting is horrible... TheThis is one of the worst pieces of **** I've seen in my life, it doesn't only ****s on absolutely everything the Manga and Anime created, but it also sucks as a film as well.
The directing, photography, script, and acting is horrible... The film uses cheap ridiculous comedy awfully mixed with extreme violence and very mediocre characters.

This film is not bad, is not a poor adaptation... This film is utter **** and is the worst adaptation I've seen of an anime, even worse or equal to Dragon Ball Evolution.… Expand

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brentwshelton1Aug 25, 2017

First off, I want to say that I really really am rooting for Netflix to start putting out some quality movies - but I think the company is so anxious to produce something noteworthy (beyond some of their excellent tv series) that they keepFirst off, I want to say that I really really am rooting for Netflix to start putting out some quality movies - but I think the company is so anxious to produce something noteworthy (beyond some of their excellent tv series) that they keep green lighting total junk. Secondly, I have never seen the source material that this adaptation is based on so I can't judge the content of this flick against the original. However, this movie is simply god awful dumb all on its own. Between the porcupine/Joker demon with a Deadpool attitude and the truly irritating candy crunching "L"....I couldn't find a reason to sit through the whole mess. I simply did not care what happened to the two annoying lead characters (Light and Misa) or want to find out their fate at the end of the movie. I found them whiny and unsympathetic and provided my own "Kira" execution by turning the tv off. At the beginning, with a heavy nod to the Final Destination franchise with the manner the first two deaths occurred, - Death Note had remote potential to be fun. However, after the first 10 minutes of this confused mixture of genres that really doesn't know what it wants to be - any possibility of an interesting plot was lost. This movie should be a hard pass for anyone who reads this review.… Expand

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MEberhardtAug 27, 2017

I just don't know what the hell the producers were thinking, I could not stand till the end, I know it is a free adaptation but ffs they took out everything that was perfect and replaced with garbage

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darksoulwSep 1, 2017

I could not even get to the middle of the movie, it is really bad. They took what it is considered one of the best Animes of all the times, and delivered a horrible movie, bad actors, losing personalities, Really bad

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mendicritic66Aug 29, 2017

the worst movie with db evolution, **** american films based in anime and videogames. Don`t waste your time watching this movie, hopefully someday adapt as deserves.

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GomeddAug 25, 2017

This adaptation of death note are awful, remember me a dragon ball evoluction, I dont care the color of the actors but if you Want make adaptation with the same caracteres of manga, you will try do the same personalities and actions of theThis adaptation of death note are awful, remember me a dragon ball evoluction, I dont care the color of the actors but if you Want make adaptation with the same caracteres of manga, you will try do the same personalities and actions of the caracteres at the original, if you could try something new, you cold have create another story with other characters in the same universe, in witch your original story unfolds without runing the original characters / story of the manga, White a awful adaptation and awful performances and awful script.… Expand

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QuijoteAug 26, 2017

This was absolutely horrible and it should have never existed, because it has ZERO ambition: this adaptation does not want money, does not want fame, does not want glory or wish posterity. It doesn't point at the public who doesn't know theThis was absolutely horrible and it should have never existed, because it has ZERO ambition: this adaptation does not want money, does not want fame, does not want glory or wish posterity. It doesn't point at the public who doesn't know the manga or the anime, and obviously it doesn't point to the fans. The only intention of this film was wasting money.… Expand

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KladhunAug 29, 2017

UMA BOSTA COMPLETA QUE NÃO SEGUE O MANGÁ EM MERDA NENHUMA. MAIS UMA PROVA DO QUE EU SEMPRE DIGO: LIVE ACTIONS DE ANIMES NUNCA DARÃO CERTO, SEMPRE SERÃO UMA BOSTA ASSIM COMO DRAGON BALL EVOLUTION.

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Sigfrid0sAug 28, 2017

Lo peor que he visto en Netflix en mi vida... no esperaba que Netflix hiciera peliculas clase D y menos con un guion y film tan horrendos, no merece tener el nombre de la historia original.

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dgo013Aug 26, 2017

The worst adaptation I've ever seen.
We present the main character without regard to his internal conflicts and the virtues that led him to become kira, characters poorly developed and terrible performance.
The morbidity presented in theThe worst adaptation I've ever seen.
We present the main character without regard to his internal conflicts and the virtues that led him to become kira, characters poorly developed and terrible performance.
The morbidity presented in the deaths was unnecessary.… Expand

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malnoAug 26, 2017

This shouldn't be released . everything was too bad. actors .
story line. and the L actor Is the worst !! even light his acting was bad and his face impression when shinigami appears .. I don't know corny scene .

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RelenitaAug 26, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay, where to start with this. Take in consideration that, while I'm a fan of the original, I was expecting a revamp of sorts. At least the psychological warfare between two geniuses who held extreme points about what Justice is.
This is NOT what you find here.
The characters are sloppy: Light only uses the DN to get his dreamgirl and then for the **** of it. There's no debate about what's fair and who decides fate. He's not a genius, not even clever and for the most part of the movie he's manipulated by everyone until the last 10 minutes of the movie for reasons I still don't get.
L, oh my God L. He's sloppy, childish and emotional. He faces the public and acts so irrational it's funny until you realize he is just another boring character.
Mia/Misa is... smart. At least she tried, but she's so ready to betray Light -Just as Light, so there's that- it's infuriating.
The ENTIRE PLOT hold itself on a contradiction: The rule is you must know the name and the face of someone for the DN to work, right?
And Watari's real name isn't Watari. So who can explain me why the Death Note worked while using a fake name to order Watari to get L's real name if the Death Note STILL killed Watari after using the alias and not the real name?
What's the point?!
That makes L lose control. The pace of the movie is wonky: Guy gets book, gets girl, tries DN on bully, kills two people, JUMP INTO THE FUTURE WHEN KIRA ROSE IN POWER, and skips for... a month? A year?
And L appears.
It's a terrible movie.
The main conflict from the original is absent and if you are looking for something good to watch, go see the anime.
Don't waste time here… Expand

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Davis3DAug 27, 2017

I wish I had written my own name in that book because I am now going to suffer for the rest of my life with haunted memories of this film. "L's" **** are sweeter than the ending to this film.

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jpatricSep 2, 2017

The protagonist couldn't be further from the source material. In the original show, Light Yagami is depicted as a brilliant and popular student whose goal evolves to encompass ridding the world of evil. His environment encourages a GodThe protagonist couldn't be further from the source material. In the original show, Light Yagami is depicted as a brilliant and popular student whose goal evolves to encompass ridding the world of evil. His environment encourages a God Complex, and he comes to believe his vision over reality.

In the Netflix version, the protagonist is Light Turner and plays on stereotypes of what a "nerd" is to America. His relationship with the female lead abruptly grows over the duration of a few minutes, and, boom, they're now in love despite Turner presenting himself as the most unlikable character in the show. The actor playing Light Turner genuinely sucks at the role and brings the viewer out of what is meant to be Death Note's immersive experience.

Furthermore, although William Dafoe would've been perfect as Riuk, whoever designed his costume completely butchered the original look. The jump scares involving him aren't effective and fall flat to the point of being completely unnecessary. The way gore is presented leaves this Death Note feeling like a cheesy attempt to portray a story with dark themes, and the world's characters themselves act like complete morons.

No. Don't watch this; watch the original version, and wait for someone to make a better adaptation that doesn't hit every trope possible.… Expand

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Gret419Aug 25, 2017

It is terrible and it does not remotely resemble the anime or manga. An adaptation that ruins the good name of the manga by weakening all the important traits that made it unique and interesting. Don't waste your time. The best thing anyoneIt is terrible and it does not remotely resemble the anime or manga. An adaptation that ruins the good name of the manga by weakening all the important traits that made it unique and interesting. Don't waste your time. The best thing anyone can do is not watch it so that the makers can take a loss and never make anything again.… Expand

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babylonchaseAug 26, 2017

I am still in disbelief that Netflix somehow made one of the best manga/anime of the 00s a wholly unwatchable insulting piece of cinematic garbage. 5000 words isn't enough to properly convey not just my disappointment in their adaptation ofI am still in disbelief that Netflix somehow made one of the best manga/anime of the 00s a wholly unwatchable insulting piece of cinematic garbage. 5000 words isn't enough to properly convey not just my disappointment in their adaptation of the narrative, plot, and characters. Netflix basically did their own thing and—like Iron Fist—it sucks.… Expand

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HeyiderAug 26, 2017

Tão ruim quanto Dragonball Evolution, tentando pregar o estilo teen/americanizado de Hollywood, uma decepção: direção horrível, enredo ruim e cheio de erros, atuações nível amador exceção ryuk, áudio simplesmente sem sentido... umaTão ruim quanto Dragonball Evolution, tentando pregar o estilo teen/americanizado de Hollywood, uma decepção: direção horrível, enredo ruim e cheio de erros, atuações nível amador exceção ryuk, áudio simplesmente sem sentido... uma continuação disso seria um desrespeito, Netflix por favor exclua essa vergonha e comece de novo!!!… Expand

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netobuchaimAug 26, 2017

This movie is an insult to the geniality of Death Note’s original anime and manga. They changed all the story, and gave us the whitewashing as a bonus. THIS MOVIE IS A SHAME.

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SkyWandererAug 26, 2017

By even considering watching this movie you have already wasted far too much time on it. The adaption doesn't even deserve to use the name "Death Note". The characters have been utterly destroyed, with the exception of Keith Stanfield (whoBy even considering watching this movie you have already wasted far too much time on it. The adaption doesn't even deserve to use the name "Death Note". The characters have been utterly destroyed, with the exception of Keith Stanfield (who appears to be making the best he can out of a poorly written, off-brand L) the actors are utterly dreadful and downright amateur, and the source material seems to have been completely ignored beyond perhaps the uttering of "So you write names in a notebook to kill people? Cool, let's do that. What? No I don't care about the story, let me just steal the names."

In short, avoid this movie like the plague. It is not worth a single second of anyone's time.… Expand

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michaelrgniponAug 26, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Convirtieron a Light en un cobarde e inútil que hace todo lo que le dice la novia y solo está interesado en acostarse con ella impresionándola con la libreta... Solo tomaron la idea de la libreta, cambiaron la personalidad de todos los personajes y lo convirtieron en un cliché gringo, con muertes tipo destino final. El anime tiene una temática seria e interesante, esta película fue escrita por una adolescente.… Expand

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TrickedFaithAug 26, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A laughable bastardization of the source material with a director that lashes out at fans as 'haters' instead of taking responsibility for the turd he calls a movie.… Expand

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ErickikoAug 26, 2017

Impressionante como a Netflix conseguiu fazer um trabalho porco. Nenhum personagem teve sua personalidade seguida fielmente ou nem que fosse uma pequena semelhança. L se mostrou uma pessoa completamente impulsiva, Kira é um jovem burro queImpressionante como a Netflix conseguiu fazer um trabalho porco. Nenhum personagem teve sua personalidade seguida fielmente ou nem que fosse uma pequena semelhança. L se mostrou uma pessoa completamente impulsiva, Kira é um jovem burro que começa errando desde o início do filme, diferente da sua versão no anime, onde se mostra uma pessoa fria e calculista. Nem o próprio Death Note eles colocaram com as mesmas regras. Com certeza uma das piores adaptações em live action que eu já assisti.… Expand

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vazzoleralexAug 27, 2017

It just sucks! I want to rip out my eyes and beat up untill death the retard that made this garbage and dishonored a good anime. Do not waste your time on this garbage.

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moriyokiriAug 27, 2017

This movie is an embarrassment and an insult to the source material, fans and anyone who happens to come across it on Netflix. There's really no excuse to making horrible films like this which lessens the chance of a decent version beingThis movie is an embarrassment and an insult to the source material, fans and anyone who happens to come across it on Netflix. There's really no excuse to making horrible films like this which lessens the chance of a decent version being made. If you're not familiar with the original material, it may come off as a mediocre movie. If you're a fan of the original material, It will probably just make you angry. Don't even bother with this one.… Expand

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royalcrown28Aug 27, 2017

It was actually painful to watch. Keeping the relationship to the anime out of consideration. The dynamic character development seemed very rushed and out of nowhere.

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BeAPoAug 30, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hollywood shows again that they are the best in messing up a popular anime. Death Note reminds me of the dragon ball or street fighter movies which were no where near the real anime.
The death note normally has only 5 rules written in it everything else Light finds out himself by testing and asking ryuk. In the movie the death note contains over 100 rules.
The main character "Light" should be a very intelligent guy who doesn't care about the feelings of other people nor is he interested in having a girlfriend. He is a very popular guy that everybody respects because he always finds the right words to say to the people to like him. He is a very athletic guy who is good in pretty much every sport and he is also really good at fighting because his original goal was to get a high position in the police.
Hollywood ripped this interesting character off and made him to a typical highschool student that is very uncomfortable with other people. The only thing they kept was that he is good in school (at least he does the homework for other people which actually doesn't have to mean he is good in school), he isn't able to fight nor is he able to seduce every girl like he did in the anime. He is a coward who gets scared pretty easily (he got very scared when he saw ryuk and didn't know who he is and what he wants while in the anime he got scared cause ryuk was sneaking up on him but he already knew who he is an what he wants. Also he gets shocked when he sees someone die while in the anime he didn't care about that because he is already a part of the police so he already saw many corpses) and overall he doesn't seem to be a very intelligent person because he takes the death note out wandering around so that people can see him reading it. As soon as a girl saw him reading the book he told her everything about the book. In the anime Light rarely took the book outside of his room nor did he tell anyone about it.
In the anime I was always astonished how Light was able to figure out every single step "L" is going to do while in the movie I am astonished of how dumb he is compared to the anime version.
I had mixed feelings about the anime Light cause of him being a emotionless, high intelligent person he gave me a feeling that he is a psychopath and after all it should be all about him being a psycho who wants to be a god that decides who lives and who dies. In the movie you get a psychopathic vibe just for a minute when you see all the people he killed and he says he wants to be called a god afterwards he acts kind of normal again.
L also doesn't seem to be as intelligent as in the anime. In the anime watari does every task for L because L doesn't leave the hotel he is staying at to not expose himself. His way of finding out in which city kira(Light) is living and how he kills people is also way more interesting than in the movie and it wouldn't need more time to explain it so they can't use time as an excuse for that.
In the anime Kira started experimenting with his targets (about 10 people) so he can see what he can make them do and what not and afterwards he decided to kill all his victims with heart attacks so people know that those criminals were killed by Kira. This is the reason why everybody thought that Kira can only kill people with an heart attack and because of that he was sort of able to cover his tracks from L. In the movie Kira was killing over 400 people in many different ways but he wasn't killing anyone with a heart attack which made this cat and mouse game pretty boring.

Although I wrote so much it is only a little inside of what was wrong with the movie. There are way more flaws that made me upset because the anime was actually perfectly filled with excitement for the whole time while the movie got boring from time to time. What made me the most upset was that they changed some rules of the book:

1. Touching the book makes the Shinigami(Ryuk) visible for the person. (not a rule in the film)
2. You only lose the ownership of the book when you say you give up your ownership to the Shinigami and afterwards you lose your memory. (In the movie you lose your ownership after being seperated from the book for 7 days)
3. If the death of someone written in the book would cause someone else to die, the victim will die of an heart attack (In the film someone killed himself with a grenade while people were around him and they probably also died)
4. Once you write someone in the book he will be killed no matter what. (In the film you can apparently save only one person by burning the page he was written in)

There are way more rules they changed or ignored. The 2 day rule is actually a 23 day rule and them not using "The eyes" was also kind of sad.
In the end this movie is a disaster for all Death Note fans and not exciting enough for people that don't know about Death Note. The actors was also bad cause he shouldn't give away anything with his facial expression but he failed at it horribly.… Expand

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BreddieRedpittSep 2, 2017

OKAY FIRST OF ALL. Light was not an emo **** with frosted ass hair and he was a pure upright boy who was confident and listened to his dad (AS A FRONT) he wasnt flippin **** over dinner smack talkin his dad. ALso RYUK NEVER ENCOURAGED HIM TOOKAY FIRST OF ALL. Light was not an emo **** with frosted ass hair and he was a pure upright boy who was confident and listened to his dad (AS A FRONT) he wasnt flippin **** over dinner smack talkin his dad. ALso RYUK NEVER ENCOURAGED HIM TO KILL. he was just havin a good ass time throwin deathnotes around the human world like lol I dont even know Im just bored lol. He wasn't creepin in his bookshelf like **** KIL THAT LIL **** like HE DIDNT I SWEAR FOR GOD . MISA AINT NO **** MIA AND LIGHT **** HATED HER DUMBASS SHE A DUMB **** **** AND SHE WAS HAPPY ALL THE TIME NOT SOME EMO LIL **** I CANT BELIEVE HE WAS **** HHER IN LIKE 2 DAYS LIKE SERIOUSLY WHO DOES THAT LIGHT WOULDNT EVERYONE IN THIS MOVIE IS A WHORE AND I HATE ALL OF THEM I CANT BE;IEVE I WASTED LIKE 30 MINUTES WATCHING THIS TRASH… Expand

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Anne_WellenOct 8, 2017

They destroyed the essence of Death Note, they destroyed the characters personality, the plot, the logic of the facts, everything! That's why I hate when Hollywood decide to make a movie of an manga story, they don't know how to deal with it,They destroyed the essence of Death Note, they destroyed the characters personality, the plot, the logic of the facts, everything! That's why I hate when Hollywood decide to make a movie of an manga story, they don't know how to deal with it, they disrespect all the fans and the autor of the original story putting their dumb ideas in one story that's already perfect, just needs some adaptation to be a movie, but that's not what they do, they read (or not) the story, then they ignore everything that the autor intented to pass with it, and they put their own yearnings for a story that isn't even of them!! This is very unprofessional, because you can't change the essence of a story, first because isn't your story, so you need to respect the autor, and second because you'll destroy all what it means. It's a horrible movie, with a horrible plot, actors and effects. Hollywood should stop being so dumb… Expand

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gmsinfoOct 17, 2017

Simply the worst anime adaptation I have ever seen, they have managed to ruin something perfect.

I can not believe you have been able to do something so bad, so weak, so mediocre as transforming something that has a dark setting intoSimply the worst anime adaptation I have ever seen, they have managed to ruin something perfect.

I can not believe you have been able to do something so bad, so weak, so mediocre as transforming something that has a dark setting into something unicorn land.… Expand

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DannyChrystNov 25, 2018

Absolute garbage. I do appreciate that they tried to take many ideas from the animé. They get the basic concepts correct, but the changes to the plot of the source material are unforgivable. Some of the changes were made to create completelyAbsolute garbage. I do appreciate that they tried to take many ideas from the animé. They get the basic concepts correct, but the changes to the plot of the source material are unforgivable. Some of the changes were made to create completely unnecessary plot twists which were vastly different from the animé, and ended up being your standard horror clichés. Ryuk was also a lot different from the animé and manga despite being the single element that remained mostly intact. In the animé he acted like he didn't care about what happened with the Death Note, and that made him even more likable as a character. In this film he's portrayed as having sinister urges for how he uses the Death Note, as if he was actually a demon or some kind of evil entity. Ryuk seemed far more neutral towards everything on the show.

Light acts like an irrational dunce compared to his criminal mastermind version from the show. Misa, or "Mia" in the film, is much more sadistic and conniving than in the animé. Even L has a personality change, but most of his mannerisms remain the same. He too lets his emotions run wild, which is a huge departure from his cold and calculating nature on the show. This is mostly the result of an overly elaborate plot twist that is such a sharp deviation from the source material it makes you wonder if the director even watched the whole series. They also continue to cram in needlessly complicated plot devices that have no place or purpose in a supernatural detective story. On top of that, they keep ripping off various other horror films, and it feels like more of a horror film than a detective story. This is probably their greatest sin of all because it utterly destroys the tone that made the animé so unique to watch. It just becomes another disposable American horror movie which is definitely not what Death Note should have been like.

This was easily the worst live-action adaptation of Death Note, and possibly the worst live-action adaptation of any animé period. I didn't think it could get much worse after Ghost In The Shell, but Netflix had to prove me wrong. Hollywood seriously needs to leave animé alone forever.… Expand

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thmagaldiMar 2, 2018

Branqueamento dos atores - ou pelo menos a mudança de origem deles, excluindo toda a cultura asiática da história. Péssimas atuações, um elenco mais fraco que parece um fan-filme - não dá para levar os personagens a sério, ainda mais com aBranqueamento dos atores - ou pelo menos a mudança de origem deles, excluindo toda a cultura asiática da história. Péssimas atuações, um elenco mais fraco que parece um fan-filme - não dá para levar os personagens a sério, ainda mais com a cena do grito...
Mudam toda a personalidade do protagonista, mudando pontos centrais do enredo e colocando uma Misa Amane que em nada parece com a original. O filme parece uma piada de mau gosto com a obra original, que é quase uma peça de arte da cultura otaku japonesa.… Expand

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SoulReaper13Jun 29, 2020

Wow, wtf happened with this movie? Death Note is one of the greatest anime/manga of all time, so why was such a terrible live-action version ever green-lit? I knew this film was an epic fail the moment that Light screamed like a little girlWow, wtf happened with this movie? Death Note is one of the greatest anime/manga of all time, so why was such a terrible live-action version ever green-lit? I knew this film was an epic fail the moment that Light screamed like a little girl at the sight of Ryuk. That scene was both depressingly painful and unintentionally hilarious to watch. Almost EVERY decision Light and L make in this movie are completely out of character from their anime counterparts and stupid beyond reason. Mia is essentially the exact opposite of her original version, instead of a light-hearted goth girl we get a psychotic cheerleader, ugh. The characters, the style, the plot, the intensity of the cat-and-mouse game, basically everything that made the anime so great is ruined in this film. Some of the death scenes are absurdly over-the-top as if the director just binge-watched the entire Final Destination series and thought the same formula would work here. Unfortunately Death Note is even worse than those films. The 80's music only makes it feel even cheesier, as they try to mimic Donnie Darko as well and still end up with a trashy teen horror flick. The movie even breaks the very rules of the Death Note itself. This isn't only a bad anime adaptation, it's just a bad movie period. Cringy dialogue, lame action set-pieces, terrible movie logic, and worst of all Ryuk is hardly even in it! Willem Dafoe is actually a good choice for Ryuk but he's portrayed as some kind of maniacal puppet-master, which is NOT what he ever was in the show. Do yourself a favor and skip this hot mess.… Expand

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Xargon_Jul 1, 2019

Light, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. .

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FuzuJan 29, 2020

The worst movie ever after watching the the series..
Don't know why these idiots made such kind of movie...
They should have copied the whole context..
So it would be more pleasant.

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Toasty87Jul 12, 2020

Terrible overacted remake of the Japanese cult classic it's just bad really really bad.

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dilocatedpickleOct 29, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute **** Death note is one of the best manga/anime ever and Netflix make it American and turn it into a teenage love story with stupid characters with no development and don’t use their brains.
L is one of my favourite characters ever and in this he is a stupid, irrational character who needs a reason to eat sugar.
Missing the best scenes from the anime. POTATO CHIP!! Tennis match Naomi suicide scene Ls death Near and Mello don’t exist misa misa is changed to Mia who doesn’t have a death note or the shinigami eye which isn’t even mentioned and the relationship between misa and light is changed to a teenage romance instead of light using her for his own personal gain and lights dad is still a police detective but doesn’t die and the family is changed as light has no mom and no sister. L and light are both **** retards and light never denies being Kira ( which he called himself ) and ends in a chase through Seattle - not Tokyo- and a **** chase, the two intellectual characters who fight with their minds and outsmart each other, now run around the streets mindlessly with l carrying a gun.

I swear this **** should be deleted from my mind forever. Actually offended by how **** this is and can’t understand why this was ever made the Japanese have already made multiple films and a live action tv series so this is unnecessary and just ruins the name of death note

I need a **** lie down now… Expand

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gamemaster13Aug 7, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. dürüst olmak gerekirse film bok gibi ama bok diyecem boka yazık olur sırf bu film yüzünden netflix kullanmayı bıraktım aq netflix demişki "bakın çok sevdiğiniz manga ve animenin içine edicez" demişler abi ana karakter zeki karı kızla işi olmayan bir elemandı bunda gitmişler mal am hayali kuran birine dönüştü ulan orijinal light mezarında ters döndü aq aynı şekilde L de öyle abi L denen adamı zenci yapmak kimin fikriydi amk he bide belki bu boka devam eder belki diye önemli karakterleri öldürtmediler amk hee bide ryuk sen hadi animede en azından sempatik biriydin bir tarzı vardı ulan filmdeki katıksız orospu çocuğu aq misayı mia yapmışlar bide hayır bide mianın ikinci kira olmasıda komik light:aaa bak mia bu deftere adı yazılan ölüyo mia:hadi sikişelim bu filmi onaylayanın yapanın yönetmenin netflixin hepsini zenci siksin amin… Expand

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AuthoJan 17, 2021

Horrible and despicable. Honestly, I don't think the people who made this even watched the original Death Note.

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TaymorJan 4, 2021

Netflix had to ruin a good anime

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RalphagMay 14, 2021

Se a métrica de avaliação desse filme, fosse ele ser mais um escolar americano genérico, ele poderia merecer até um 6, mas não, a proposta desse filme é adaptar uma obra investigativa que já existe, já é consolidada, e é considerada uma dasSe a métrica de avaliação desse filme, fosse ele ser mais um escolar americano genérico, ele poderia merecer até um 6, mas não, a proposta desse filme é adaptar uma obra investigativa que já existe, já é consolidada, e é considerada uma das melhores do gênero Seinen, então ele merece ser avaliado a partir disso, e dessa perspectiva, o filme parece uma sátira do original, onde está recheado de estereótipos escolares americanos, com os personagens principais tendo o mesmo nome do original, mas com as personalidades completamente opostas, isto parecendo uma piada de mal gosto do roteiro com a cara do público que é fã do original… Expand

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chocoRoast23Feb 6, 2022

Hot Garbage. So many inconsistencies in the story writing. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the animeHot Garbage. So many inconsistencies in the story writing. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead. Please watch the anime instead.… Expand

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