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Storyline
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.
Written by
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Trivia
Artin John was originally considered for the role of Agent Young, before he was cast as mobster Anthony Skomal.
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Goofs
(at around 28 mins) Light tells Mia that 'Kira' means light in Russian and Celtic. There is no such language as Celtic, rather there is a Celtic family of languages. Extant Celtic languages include: Irish, Welsh, and Breton. 'Kira' doesn't mean light is any of these languages, in Irish for example the word is 'Solas'. Futher most Celtic languages don't even use the letter 'K'.
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Quotes
Ryuk:
[
sees James Turner challenge Kira]
Now I'm rooting for the guy!
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Crazy Credits
The closing credits are written in the same style as the Death Note instructions.
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Connections
References
American Horror Story (2011)
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Soundtracks
The Power of Love
Written by
Mary Susan Applegate,
Wolfgang Detmann,
Gunther Mende,
Jennifer Rush
Performed by
Air Supply
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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As a fan of the original Death Note anime I am very disappointed in this film. It was poorly acted, horribly paced, and the drama felt more edgy than composed. The characters personalities were completely changed to the point where I didn't see why they even bothered maintaining the original names and The events of the story were changed so drastically I forgot that I was watching Death Note. In the original anime both L and Light were very calm and rational in how they made each decision, creating a suspenseful psychological drama, but in the film both of them do things that were very out of character and essentially made no sense. Overall this felt very rushed and poorly directed, I wouldn't be surprised if the director had never even heard of the original anime before doing this film.