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Death Note: L Change the WorLd

2008 · 128 min

A tense, cerebral thriller with a melancholic edge, following a quirky detective racing against time to stop a deadly virus.

Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Genres
Fantasy, Action, Thriller
Tagline
The final death note showdown!
Overview
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

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Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Genres
Fantasy, Action, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • death
  • justice
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

In this series

Death Note Collection

  1. Death NoteMovie · 2006
  2. Death Note: The Last NameMovie · 2006
  3. Death Note: L Change the WorLdMovie · 2008 This title
  4. Death Note: Light Up the NEW WorldMovie · 2016

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Genres
fantasy, action, thriller, science fiction, mystery
Directed by
Hideo Nakata
Written by
Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Starring
Kenichi Matsuyama, Narushi Fukuda, Mayuko Fukuda, Shingo Tsurumi, Youki Kudoh, Sei Hiraizumi, Bokuzo Masana, Yuta Kanai
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Tokushō Kikumura
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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