There is some level of frustration when adaptations like this, which require a smaller budget than a film like Ghost in the Shell, fail to convey anything that was compelling from the original when the original manga (and its anime and film adaptations) are presented in a silver platter. American film adaptations of anime have not had a good track record (I’m looking at you, Dragonball Evolution), but I always hoped it would change. The Netflix film received flak in the months leading to its release, notably for whitewashing. Who knew killing people could get so complicated? Then, Light, along with his new girlfriend Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley), uses the notebook to kill criminals while a detective named L (Lakeith Stanfield) investigates these deaths. So when death god Ryuk (Willem Dafoe) drops a Death Note onto Earth, high school student Light Yagami - sorry, Light Turner (Nat Wolff) - picks it up.only to get frustrated by the number of rules in it. Meet the Death Note, a magical notebook that kills the people whose names are written in it. Starring Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Willem DafoeĮvery day, we see crime, bullying, and discrimination - such injustice must be stopped. Written by Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, and Jeremy Slater Lakeith Stanfield and Nat Wolff in the Netflix Original Film "Death Note."
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