Light (Tatsuya Fujiwara) finds the Death Note, a book that can be used to kill people whose names are written in it. At first, Light uses the book to kill criminals. This Godlike power polarizes the general population. In setting up a committee to find Light, the police recruit the genius L (Ken'ichi Matsuyam) to help them.
"Death Note" is like a supernatural Mr. Ripley story. The appeal lies in the convoluted logic Light uses to outsmart L, and the brilliant deductions by L himself. They're always one step ahead of each other, forced to work in increasingly complex ways. Light soon crosses a line and begins to kill non-criminals just to protect himself. L has to used advanced, illegal surveillance equipment to advance his searches.
The craziest action sequence, at the end of the film, seems to play itself out with relative internal consistency. It's only afterwards that the insane use of the Death Note is revealed. It's amazing that the Death Note, after tricking us so often, once again has the final word.
From the comments: "Turns out I'm probably wrong. The full record on the library's site claims "Japanese or dubbed English dialogue, English subtitles."
In my defense, I was using an unfamiliar DVD player."
2 comments:
Isn't one of the main benefits of DVD's that they can have multiple audio tracks and selectable subtitles?
This sounded interesting until I saw it's only available as a dub- that's a deal breaker for me.
Hey Joe!
Turns out I'm probably wrong. The full record on the library's site claims "Japanese or dubbed English dialogue, English subtitles."
In my defense, I was using an unfamiliar DVD player.
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