Death Note

Theatrical - Wide 2017-08-25

Cast Shea Whigham Willem Dafoe
Directed by Adam Wingard
Written by Charlie Parlapanides Vlas Parlapanides Jeremy Slater

Genres: Thriller

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A student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone begins a crusade against evil in order to rule the world as a benevolent human god. Then a deadly game of cat and mouse begins when a reclusive... See more detective begins to track down the young man, attempting to end his reign of terror once and for all.

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Death Note (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our San Diego Comic-Con 2017 coverage PLOT: A high-schooler named Light finds a mysterious book called Death Note that allows him to kill whoever’s name is entered into its pages. Goaded on...

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Review: Death Note (Comic Con 2017)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A high-schooler named Light finds a mysterious book called Death Note that allows him to kill whoever’s name is entered into its pages. Goaded on by a demon only he can see, Light is determined to rid the world...

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Adam Wingard's DEATH NOTE has now been released on Netflix, but the reviews of Wingard's adaptation of the Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata manga have been rather mixed; of course, that's certainly not enough for Netflix to pump the brakes...

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Death Note (Movie Review)

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Based upon the popular manga series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Adam Wingard's DEATH NOTE follows Light Turner (Nat Wolff), a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook which grants him the power to kill any person...

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