Let me start off by saying I love the original Death Note anime. However this live action rendition is absolutely horrible. I appreciate what they were trying to do but really NetFlix.. The main character is a bad actor with no talent whatsoever. I had to force myself to finish it. It just drags on and on with a confusing plot and bad acting in general. Do yourself a favor and skip this monstrosity of a film.

The movie was great for a Netflix movie especially if you never watched the anime ( like me) its definitely worth the watch

This is the dumbed down version of Death Note. Death Note, the anime series is a masterpiece. This movie is an insult. The characters are completely different people from the originals, different personalities, and with that they threw away 90% of the story. The story in this movie is just based in the original, If they had done that to deliver something very good, fine. But no, this one is very cheap, some parts resemble more "Final Destination" than Death Note. I was surprised to see that Netflix ended up providing a movie instead of a series. Wasted opportunity. Because there is already a (Japanese) movie with real life actors. So this was the opportunity for Netflix to do a series also with real life characters. Shame, because the Japanese movie is very good, even with a different ending than the anime, and a very good one. So we have a very good anime and a very good movie. Only Netflix had to come up with this trash.

I normally hate live-action versions of animated series, and before watching this movie I was already preparing myself for the worst, since everything about it seemed to be terrible beyond belief. And while it was indeed a pretty bad movie, I kinda enjoyed watching it.Make no mistake: As an adaptation of the Death Note manga/anime, this is simply awful from beginning to end, In many ways, it almost feels more like a parody of the story rather than an adaptation, and I honestly prefer to see this movie in that way. It's very ridiculous and cheesy (Yes, I know the original Death Note had its couple of cheesy moments, but not to this extent) , but at least is not incredibly dull as "Dragonball Evolution" or "The Last Airbender."