Overview
A battle of wits unfolds as a young genius wields a deadly notebook against a relentless detective.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- dark
- tense
- cerebral
- late night thriller viewing
- manga adaptation marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sequel dark, well-paced, well plotted, and strongly performed, while noting uneven pacing and reduced faithfulness to the source material in the second half.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Death Note functions as the central supernatural instrument through which Light, Misa, and other Kira followers pursue competing strategies.
Light’s Kira campaign frames killing criminals as justice while L and others challenge his authority to judge and execute.
Light and L sustain the film’s central conflict through deception, deduction, surveillance, and counter-planning.
Ryuk and Rem are not passive observers; the shinigami presence influences the fate of Light, Misa, and the Death Note conflict.
Films like Death Note: The Last Name, and why
Death Note
supernatural moral conflict, strategic mind games, and a dark psychological thriller tone
The Prestige
stylized psychological suspense centered on manipulation, identity, and escalating intellectual duels
Fallen
morally corrosive supernatural power, investigative tension, and grim cat-and-mouse plotting
Movie Details
- Director
- Shusuke Kaneko
- Release Date
- 2006-10-28
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (568)
Cast
- Tatsuya Fujiwara
- Kenichi Matsuyama
- Erika Toda
- Nana Katase
- Magi
- Sakura Uehara
- Takeshi Kaga
- Shunji Fujimura
- Shinnosuke Ikehata
- Shido Nakamura
Common questions
- What is Death Note: The Last Name about?
- Light Yagami’s supernatural campaign of judgment becomes an increasingly perilous contest of deception against L, rival Kira followers, and the shinigami who empower them.
- What is Death Note: The Last Name like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Death Note: The Last Name as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Death Note: The Last Name violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Death Note: The Last Name as moderate.
- What did critics think of Death Note: The Last Name?
- Critics broadly found the sequel dark, well-paced, well plotted, and strongly performed, while noting uneven pacing and reduced faithfulness to the source material in the second half.
- Which films are like Death Note: The Last Name?
- Films with a similar feel include Death Note, The Prestige, and Fallen.
- How long is Death Note: The Last Name?
- Death Note: The Last Name runs 140 minutes.
