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2006 Certificate 15
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A battle between the world's 2 greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals. Live action version of the original Anime. Read more

Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Genres Horror, World Cinema

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Death Note

A battle between the world's 2 greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals. Live action version of the original Anime.

Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Takeshi Kaga, Yu Kashii, Shido Nakamura, Sota Aoyama
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Studio Blue Dolphin
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 1 min
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Horror, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese, English
Released DVD: 28 Jul 2008
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of

    Someone is killing Japans most notorious criminals: murderers, drug dealers, corrupt politicians, each one... read more on Time Out

    • Tom Huddleston, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 32 out of 44 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    This film is terrible

    Trust me stay away from this film it is a convoluted turd of a film, kind of like a horror version of Infernal Affairs that goes on and on and on . . . moreover, I must have asked myself about ten times during the film, but why? And the way it papers over the holes you gotta see it to believe it - but don't!

      • ROGUEMALE from Bristol
      • Posted 26 Aug 2008 22:27

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Original and fun but not great

    A highly intelligent teenager finds the god of death's 'death book' and is given the power to decide who dies. He soon finds himself in a battle of wits against an equally intelligent teenager helping the police try to discover his identity and just how he manages to kill.

    This is a very unique and clever film with a very clever and interesting plot, which also dabbles with debating the morality behind deciding who dies. I was very impressed with the originality but not so much with implementation as is so often the case with such radical, yet brilliant plotlines. I was also impressed with the ability to continue the storyline for the length it does without making it tired.

    Despite this there are let downs like the computer generated effects are not needed and very poor, considering the year it was mad. The directors inability to create an atmosphere that sucks you into the storyline is also dissappointing.

      • FilmSage from Aylesbury
      • Posted 08 Sep 2008 19:41

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