Okay I KNOW that this isn't an anime, but it is a movie based of a manga/anime series with the same name. And since I haven't been catching up on any anime once again, I thought I'd give myself a reason to give this blog some TLC. This is the first Death Note movie.~Some spoilers~
The film adaptation follows the same basic plot as its original manga/anime form with slight differences. We follow college student Light Yagami who has an interest in being in the Police Academy like his father, yet he finds the legal system not doing its job to the criminals who got off and are living free as a bird. One rainy night, he finds a notebook (obviously) named "Death Note". He reads the instructions and is a bit doubtful with its ability to kill people by simply writing down their name. Yet he is proven wrong when two names of two different criminals he writes down die of heart attacks and a Shinigami named Ryuk appears before him and accompanies him.
Over the next few months, the crime rate drops as the killings increase, creating a global phenomenon as an anonymous Light is granted the title "Kira" by his supporters and one day hopes to create a peaceful world without crime and corruption. However, the police know that these deaths aren't natural in any way. With the help of the famous detective L, they set out an investigation to capture Kira and bring him to justice while Light fights back to avoid being arrested.
So yeah, same plot but of course not exactly like the original. Also they can't fit a 37 episode anime into one movie so it was split into two movies that only go to about episode 26 in the anime so the films don't include the madness with the time skip and introduction to characters like Near, Mello, Mikami Teru, and others.
The film itself is much darker than the manga/anime series and I got pretty scared every time Ryuk popped out of no where. Kudos to the creators for creating a CGI god of death to scare the crap out of the audience. We also see a character special to the film named Shiori Akino who is portrayed as Light's girlfriend who is against Kira's killings.
Overall, the film is super dark and super scary which by the way I recommend to not watch if you have family around. But again, it's a very good film that any Death Note fan should enjoy.
