Death Note Spin Off L: Change The World

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Synopsis (Source from Encore Films Pte Ltd)
“The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die.”

A God of Death dropped a notebook which had the power to kill people. Light Yagami (Tatsuya Fujiwara) found the notebook and tried to become Kira, God of a new crime-free world by executing criminals with the notebook. L (Kenichi Matsuyama), a genius detective confronted Kira who was his toughest enemy ever. At last, L managed to close the case of Kira but had to pay a painful price.

After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari (Shunji Fujimura), L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

A boy and a girl hold the keys to solving this case and L had to get into a desparate situation to protect the kids. L has solved many cases previously through monitors and using his brain power as he has never appeared in public as L. This is the first and last case that he has to deal with people in person...

A person who obtains the most horrible weapon “Death God” created by human says the same thing as Kira... ”I am going to change the world.”

What will happen to L? Is anything in the world going to be changed? The turbulent 23 days even L cannot predict awaits him. The most exciting and moving countdown has now begun!

CAST
* Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note; Death Note 2 - the Last name) as L
* Yuki Kudo (SAYURI, Rush Hour)
* Mayuko Fukuda (Sinking of Japan)
* Shunji Fujimura as Watari

Review
Went to watch with my two buddies and although I find it much better than Death Note (Part 2), they didn't have the same opinion as me. In what way better? Hm... The way that L had developed feelings/attachment with the two children, making him a much better person(than just being clever), and the hope to live.

What I was hoping though was that another new Shinigami (Death God) came to offer the little girl with the option to kill K and group but it would make the whole thing look too easy.

If you are planning to see a battle of wits, I doubt you will see it in this movie because there ain't that much thinking or should I say plotting. It's really focusing on L's last 23 day(To be exact, the last 14 days as the first 9 days was cut and paste clip from Death Note 2 with a few new scenes added in. Fans of Tatsuya Fujiwara or Erika Toda, you might want to give this a miss as the scene with them are clips from Death Note Part 2.

Moral of the story
Treasure everyday like tomorrow is the last(Something that I had hope to achieve too)

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