Death Note is a Japanese comic book series (manga) by author Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata.

Appearing in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 2003 to 2006, Death Note is highly appreciated by manga fans around the world thanks to its creative, engaging plot, with dramatic and cerebral battles, and a

From the original manga, the Japanese have made an anime (animated) series, a live-action television series, and four live-action spin-off movies.

Hollywood has been wanting to make its own movie version of Death Note since 2007. However, it was not until June 2016 that the project officially started shooting under the investment of `tycoon` Netflix.

Old plot with new expression

Basically, the main plot of the American version of Death Note remains unchanged from the original manga.

One day, he accidentally picked up the Death Note.

Wishing to make the world a better place, Light Turner uses the Death Note to eliminate a series of cruel and dangerous people around the world.

The common people worshiped that act, and considered him a god of justice with the nickname `Kira`.

Although retaining the main plot and basic character system, Netflix’s Death Note has a completely different presentation compared to the original manga and Japanese film adaptations.

The new film emphasizes more on supernatural fantasy elements.

Details that make Light Turner / Kira’s abilities even more sublime.

The deaths in the film are also presented by the director in a more creative, diverse and brutal way, and may even remind the audience of the Final Destination series.

At this time, instead of delving into the `cat and mouse` game between Kira and L like the original, Netflix’s Death Note mainly builds the relationship between Light Turner and his girlfriend Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley).

This makes the work sometimes have the feel of a teenage romantic movie, instead of purely a crime show.

There are few improvements, many setbacks

To be fair, some of the adaptations of Death Note made by Netflix are quite positive and worthy of recognition.

The idea of the relationship between Light Turner and Mia Sutton creating a `Kira` couple is relatively interesting and creative, helping to build a more multi-dimensional character psychology than the original.

However, with few improvements and many setbacks, Netflix’s Death Note encountered a series of problems that made the film inferior to both the original and the film versions of the land of cherry blossoms.

Unable to take advantage of the original script, which was excellent, the American film crew decided to create a new script, especially in the second half.

A series of details showing the intelligence of the group of characters in the film are all simplified.

Neither Light nor L can demonstrate their intellectual power like in the original.

Even when not placed next to the original, L cannot portray the character described as `the world’s greatest detective`.

On the pages of the manga, Kira is mostly alone with Light Yagami.

Unfortunately, the idea was not fully utilized because the film had to divide the acting space between two characters at the same time, and did not highlight the personality and psychological changes of each individual.

The limited duration of Death Note makes the events in the film happen very quickly.

After the extremely disastrous Dragonball: Evolution, Hollywood once again failed to adapt famous manga series to the big screen.