Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
A new generation of investigators and notebook wielders collide in a tense Japanese supernatural crime thriller over the deadly power to decide who lives.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- paranoid
- heightened
- supernatural thriller night
- manga adaptation marathon
What critics said
Critics and fans found the modernization and performances appealing but viewed the rushed plot and recycled themes as weaker than the earlier Death Note films.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The mysterious notebook grants deadly powers and drives the competing investigations and schemes.
The story updates the Death Note premise with a new generation and a six-notebook premise.
Tsukuru Mishima, Ryuzaki, Yuki Shien, Misa Amane, and Ryuk represent intersecting approaches to the notebooks' power.
The notebook's deadly powers create recurring fatalistic and disturbing visual set pieces.
Films like Death Note: Light Up the NEW World, and why
Death Note
supernatural crime thriller built around lethal powers, moral judgment, and cat-and-mouse investigation
Death Note: The Last Name
Japanese manga adaptation combining supernatural rules, investigative suspense, and morally compromised protagonists
The Divine Fury
stylized supernatural thriller focused on deadly powers, escalating paranoia, and competing agendas
Movie Details
- Director
- Shinsuke Sato
- Release Date
- 2016-10-29
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (192)
Cast
- Masahiro Higashide
- Sosuke Ikematsu
- Masaki Suda
- Erika Toda
- Mina Fujii
- Rina Kawaei
- Shido Nakamura
- Sota Aoyama
- Eiichiro Funakoshi
- Miyuki Sawashiro
Common questions
- What is Death Note: Light Up the NEW World about?
- A new generation of investigators and notebook wielders collide in a tense Japanese supernatural crime thriller over the deadly power to decide who lives.
- What is Death Note: Light Up the NEW World like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Death Note: Light Up the NEW World as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Death Note: Light Up the NEW World violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Death Note: Light Up the NEW World as moderate.
- What did critics think of Death Note: Light Up the NEW World?
- Critics and fans found the modernization and performances appealing but viewed the rushed plot and recycled themes as weaker than the earlier Death Note films.
- Which films are like Death Note: Light Up the NEW World?
- Films with a similar feel include Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name, and The Divine Fury.
- How long is Death Note: Light Up the NEW World?
- Death Note: Light Up the NEW World runs 134 minutes.
