Light Turner, a bright student, 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.
27 October 1955, Everett, Washington, USA
23 October 1994, Montana, USA
17 December 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 July 1971, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
24 November 1983, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 25, 2017
In trying to translate so much mythology into just one 100 minute movie, an awful lot is lost but given the sorry state of the horror genre, even the vaguest of glimmers is worth something.
August 24, 2017
At its best, the picture resembles Wingard's sharp-edged 2014 cult movie, "The Guest." More often, it feels like a 100-minute "previously on" montage for a cable TV show.
August 24, 2017
The movie merely delivers a dim dose of ho-hum horror -- one whose demise, by all rights, can be attributed to natural causes.
August 25, 2017
The ending will have you switching off your Netflix app in disgust. If you don't die from boredom before you get there.
August 24, 2017
Cramming several tons of plot into a one-pound screenplay, the three writers ... have little option but to condense. That said, Mr. Wingard's eye for a stylish image hasn't dimmed.
August 24, 2017
Adam Wingard's adaptation of the Death Note manga is a narrative clutter, every bit as impenetrable as a stack of Japanese comics scattered across a teenager's bedroom floor.
August 24, 2017
Death Note is entertaining enough, but it could stand to be a little longer so we could better appreciate its fascinating characters.
August 24, 2017
Adam Wingard's manga adaptation about a teen terror and his killer book does a half-decent job of embracing its weirdness.
August 24, 2017
It's Death Note by way of Final Destination, a film more focused on cyberpunk-esque visuals and crunchy synth than on any kind of substance.
August 23, 2017
It's fitting that a movie about writing names should be a blank space, baby.
August 24, 2017
The movie is a bored demon who bores his audience right along with him.
August 24, 2017
The script, credited to Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides and Jeremy Slater, is a snarl of loose ends and half-explained devices, but Wingard executes it with style ...
