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Ten years have passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground, and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators, including Matsuda, who experienced the Kira case 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note occur on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World-famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exist in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it. Edit Translation

  • English
  • 中文(简体)
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  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Oct 29, 2016
  • Duration: 2 hr. 15 min.
  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 1,785 users)
  • Ranked: #6109
  • Popularity: #3064
  • Content Rating: G - All Ages

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realdeal
12 people found this review helpful
Mar 22, 2017
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Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
Death note has been considered as one of the best live action adaption ever, it has that legendary status that following its story is not a simple feat. It has been 10 years since the last one so the hype for it was unreal that in my opinion didn't help the movie.

The way death note ended gives lot of questions to us viewers just what happen to the world after? Given that death note still exist. This film tries to answer that question as 6 death notes spread around the world; it also clarifies some rules and expands it more which only makes it more interesting for possible sequels in the future. Also, the film did a nice job of portraying the post death note world as how we imagine it, death note used as a tool for terrorism and the idea of death note as the key for world order. Although even with interesting setting, fans of death note would be a bit disappointed here as it lacks the brain power of the original, nothing new as plot twist and tricks were all familiar, the execution was right but sometimes innovation is needed.

Although the movie's substance is a bit of a disappointment what it excels at is its stunning visuals it's so good, it's directed by Shinsuke Sato in the first place, the guy who directed Gantz and I am hero so you know what to expect if you watched those, the camera shots were awesome and the films atmosphere too, and also THE CGI WAS TOP NOTCHED RYUK here is miles better than the original.

Imagining death note without Light and L would be hard but at least their presence was felt from video recordings of them throughout the movie which IMO was a brilliant idea. As for the rivalry, it is now played by Ryuzaki and Shien which was subpar compared to the original but please do yourself a favor "DO NO WATCH THIS FILM WITHOUT WATCHING THE 3 PART MINI SERIES" this will make you connect with them and understand their motivation better. The acting from 3 main actors was excellent even higashide which at first I thought would be subpar compared to ikematsu and suda.


Got the same feeling from watching Crows Explode, just replicates the awesomeness of the original but offers nothing new. Felt a bit of cash grab. Felt a bit disappointed especially that actors played their characters well.

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KenWong
5 people found this review helpful
May 8, 2017
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
Death Note is the one of the best original work that Japanese have developed and created a truly mysterious story, with creative characters. Honestly, I really loved the story (plot) and the developed characters. The story is quite inspiring, full with excitement. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power.
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  • Movie: Death Note: Light up the New World
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Oct 29, 2016
  • Duration: 2 hr. 15 min.
  • Content Rating: G - All Ages

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  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 1,785 users)
  • Ranked: #6109
  • Popularity: #3064
  • Watchers: 4,443

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