Death Note (2017) — Screenplay
A high school student finds a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name he writes, and uses it to wage a secret war on criminals while a brilliant detective hunts him down.
- Written by
- Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater
- Genre
- Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
- Studio
- Netflix
- Length
- 112 pages
This adaptation offers a tight, propulsive structure that keeps the cat-and-mouse tension between Light and the detective crackling. The screenplay excels at building a morally ambiguous protagonist whose descent into vigilantism raises uneasy questions, making it a strong study in character arcs and ethical gray areas. The dialogue is sharp and serves the escalating mind games.
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