Peter Kets As expected the second part of Death Note was astonishing.And I say as expected cause we get to see one of the most anticipated clashes of the film making industry.Don't tell me you are not interested in a clash not with guns and brute force just like any other movie.But instead a strategic battle is so much more enjoyable.Once again great acting,music,animations and generally everything is a job well done.I like how Misa stopped being the silly cry girl like in the anime version but truth is this way it really doesn't suit her to blindly follow Light in his doing.We are told about her "being in debt" to him but still being constantly ordered around wouldn't raise her ego at least a bit? Anyway it's a great film and if you've seen the first part(which I am most certain you have)it's a must see.

dwpollar 1st watched 7/5/2009, 4 out of 10 (Dir-Shisuke Kaneko): Complicated, slow and overly dramatic second episode to the Deathnote series based on a popular manga. In this one the main character, Light, is given a second person who carries his godlike ability to make people die with a 2nd Death Note book. The basic storyline, if you haven't seen the first, is the carrier of the Death Note book is able to write names in it and they die. Light was the initial character that held the book, and killed a lot of people who in most people's eyes deserved death anyone – and he was kind of looked at like a hero. Each person that has a book, also sees a God of death who kind of overseas them and is their companion. The second holder of a book is a TV star named Misa who worships Light. Light is also working with the cops and a detective called "L" in this one, to find out who's making these deaths happen(although no-one knows he carries the book and is causing it). Misa turns over her book to Light and things get really complicated. At this point in the movie I lost interest because of the many twists that the movie introduces and the way they try to explain everything in 2 hours. I think, personally, they tried to cram too much into this one and this is why it fails. Detective "L" is definitely a quirky and very interesting character and he's introduced more here but the massive overload kills the story. Also, the morality question is lost and also the humor that was in the first movie. All in all, this movie is a long experience that isn't as new or as interesting as the first one.

machngunjoe GODAWFUL! Not sure how they thought any part of this would be scary e.g. the God of Death intro.The Anime was alright and I heard that this was even better. I have since removed such so called creditable witnesses to movies from my friends list.Don't ever ever ever ever see this movie, unless being disappointed is what you're looking for.I don't get how so many people thought this was a masterpiece. I mean everything was bad about it special effects, acting, dubbing, and there were many goofs that are unthinkable.

belenus84 Just so you know, the title is "Death Note", not "Desu Noto". "Desu Noto" doesn't even translate to "Death Note" in Japanese. I don't know where this misconception comes from but it gets annoying to constantly see. Are you trying to sound like you're Japanese by pronouncing "Death Note" in the broken-English Japanese accent? If so, thats racist!As for a review, the movie is a great adaption from the Anime. The only thing that made me a bit sad about this movie is that there's no Near or Mello. I understand it would have been hard to include their arc but still saddens me. Overall its worth a watch if you enjoyed the anime. It's just not as heated as the manga/anime.