Death Note

Death Note

The battle of wits begins. Whose side are you on?

Rating

2.0 (2)

Release Date

6/17/2006

Runtime

126 mins

Overview

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$29,667,169

Homepage

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A cat-and-mouse thriller where ideology meets intellect, as a young man convinced of his own righteousness faces off against the world's smartest detective in an escalating game of supernatural manipulation. It's a heady exploration of how the pursuit of good can corrupt, told with relentless momentum and moral vertigo.

Mood

TenseParanoidExhilarating

Themes

PowerJusticeObsession

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Graphic violence

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