Light, a bright student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by the alias L.
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Nat Wolff | Light Turner |
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Lakeith Stanfield | L |
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Margaret Qualley | Mia Sutton |
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Shea Whigham | James Turner |
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Willem Dafoe | Ryuk |
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Jason Liles | Ryuk |
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Paul Nakauchi | Watari |
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Jack Ettlinger | Kenny Doyle |
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Matthew Kevin Anderson | Agent Young |
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Christopher Britton | Peltz |
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Timothy Lambert | Dr. Norman Ludlam |
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Kwesi Ameyaw | Undercover Agent #1 |
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Justin Stone | Undercover Agent #2 |
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Christian Sloan | Agent Franks |
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Artin John | Antony Skomal |
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Tony Ali | Taliban Leader |
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Anousha Alamian | Taliban Soldier |
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David S. Jung | Dictator |
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Jessica McLeod | Teenage Girl |
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Michelle Choi-Lee | Mom |
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Sofy Chen | Daughter |
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Keanu Lam | Freshman Kid |
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Jesse Stretch | James Brode |
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Masi Oka | Detective Sasaki |
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Maxwell Barton | Jock |
| Director | Adam Wingard |
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| Writer | Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater, Tsugumi Ôba, Takeshi Obata | |
| Producer | James Bitonti, Jonathan Eirich, Brendan Ferguson, Pauline Fischer, Ryan Halprin, Jeffrey Harlacker, Jason Hoffs, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, John Powers Middleton, Masi Oka, Sarah Perlman Bremner, Ted Sarandos, Miri Yoon | |
| Musician | Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross | |
| Photography | David Tattersall | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
| Owner | Review? |
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| Location | Deleted |
| Purchased | On Aug 25, 2017 at MKVCage |
| Watched | Aug 26, 2017 (at Home) |
| Index | 44 |
| Added Date | Aug 26, 2017 03:25:04 |
| Modified Date | Sep 24, 2018 19:56:08 |
My quick rating - 3,2/10. Try as I could, it was hard not to compare this to the source material. But taking that out of the equation, this really just wasn't very good. The concept is very solid, but it has been for over a decade, and has been done better. The actors in this do a really poor job, aside from the spot on perfect voice for Ryuk. Willem Dafoe is always money in the bank, but considering his CGI presence and infrequent usage, that won't help this mess. The whole movie seemed to take the source, and incorporate all the news of bullying, political unrest, etc. and wrap it all up in an hour and a half. Along the way, mix in a romance, and teen angst, and the whole thing just misses so much of what made the original that good. Like I said, hard to not compare. The flaws really don't end there, as the camera work during some scenes was terrible, and the use of pointless slow mo to make a statement got distracting. Overall, sure, it was on netflix, but it seems there movies have been lacking as of late and I think this would've been a better move into a TV series realm, as the story itself lends plenty of expand-ability to it. Oh well, they tried.
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