Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: June 17, 2006 (Japan)
DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
Plot 411: A college student finds a magical book that gives him the power to kill anyone just by writing their name inside it.
Review: This movie is based on a manga of the same name and stars Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light, the son of a police officer. He is a law student who wants to work in the police force, but he is jaded when he discovers that many criminals do not receive the punishment they deserve. One night he finds a book that has been dropped by the god of death. By writing in this book, Light learns that he can kill all the bad people in the world who escape the hand of justice. Soon he is killing people around the world in the name of bettering humanity, and his father is put on a taskforce to find the killer (aka Kira). His father collaborates with the mysterious L (Kenichi Matsuyama), who is a genius at uncovering mysteries. This movie is a great crime thriller, despite the cheesy animation used to portray the god of death. I mean, c'mon. The main actor looks like he stepped out of an anime, but they can't make the one animation in the film look legit? What's wrong with that picture? This was a good movie because it was essentially a match of wits and the smartest man will walk out as the winner. It played out that age-old saying: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Watch It: For an interesting foreign flick that visually looks a lot like an anime but is really live action.
Skip It: Because how can the Japanese get the animation so wrong? How?
Movie Release Date: June 17, 2006 (Japan)
DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
Plot 411: A college student finds a magical book that gives him the power to kill anyone just by writing their name inside it.
Review: This movie is based on a manga of the same name and stars Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light, the son of a police officer. He is a law student who wants to work in the police force, but he is jaded when he discovers that many criminals do not receive the punishment they deserve. One night he finds a book that has been dropped by the god of death. By writing in this book, Light learns that he can kill all the bad people in the world who escape the hand of justice. Soon he is killing people around the world in the name of bettering humanity, and his father is put on a taskforce to find the killer (aka Kira). His father collaborates with the mysterious L (Kenichi Matsuyama), who is a genius at uncovering mysteries. This movie is a great crime thriller, despite the cheesy animation used to portray the god of death. I mean, c'mon. The main actor looks like he stepped out of an anime, but they can't make the one animation in the film look legit? What's wrong with that picture? This was a good movie because it was essentially a match of wits and the smartest man will walk out as the winner. It played out that age-old saying: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Watch It: For an interesting foreign flick that visually looks a lot like an anime but is really live action.
Skip It: Because how can the Japanese get the animation so wrong? How?
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