this work more a an advise than a proper review . even if youre a fan of the series and stay away from this movie . and i say it because i be a fan of death note . read the manga from begin to end and it superb . i thought and after watch the movie preview and that it would as good a the manga be and or at least fun . i be wrong and the acting be as poor a it get and remind me of japanese tokusatsu . the character get so distort in relation to the manga that it be painful to watch it for too long and and i do not mean that a purist fan and the character just lose all define personality and all trait that would make them lovable . instead the movie force you to hate them . i do not want to and but i do . i can not really see a reason to like this movie . i give it a 2 just out of sympathy for the series .