Death Note

Death Note is an American crime fantasy thriller about a Seattle high school student, Light Turner, who comes across a notebook that lets him kill anyone whose name he writes in its pages. He begins using it to punish criminals, which brings him to the attention of a relentless detective known only as L, a demonic figure named Ryuk who is tied to the notebook, and a classmate named Mia Sutton. The film is an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name, moving the story from Japan to the United States.

Adam Wingard directed the film, working from a screenplay by Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides and Jeremy Slater. It sits between his Blair Witch and Godzilla vs. Kong in his filmography, the seventh of the ten features he has directed. Nat Wolff plays Light, with LaKeith Stanfield as L, Margaret Qualley as Mia, Shea Whigham as James Turner and Willem Dafoe providing the voice of Ryuk. The production involved 65 credited cast members and 104 credited crew members, and was backed by a budget of 40 million dollars.

Reception was unfavorable. On IMDb the film holds 4.5 out of 10 from around 96,000 votes, and on TMDB it has 4.3 out of 10 from over 4,000 votes. A critics' rating of 4.9 out of 10 from 77 reviews places it close to the audience scores.