Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.
Acting
LaKeith Stanfield and Dafoe are in a different, better movie.
Practical Effects
Ryuk's practical suit effects genuinely slap.
Score
Atticus Ross brings industrial dread that deserves better.
Director
Adam Wingard
Nat Wolff
Light Turner
LaKeith Stanfield
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Margaret Qualley
Mia Sutton
Shea Whigham
James Turner
Willem Dafoe
Ryuk (voice)
Jason Liles
Ryuk
Paul Nakauchi
Watari
Jack Ettlinger
Kenny Doyle
Matthew Kevin Anderson
Agent Young
Chris Britton
Peltz
Kwesi Ameyaw
Undercover Agent #1
Christian Sloan
Agent Franks
Artin John
Anthony Skomal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wingard wanted Ryuk fully CG but Dafoe's performance in mo-cap was so creepy they kept his actual face under prosthetics. The one correct choice.
This bombed so hard Netflix publicly stopped reporting viewership numbers—a rare public shaming that arguably killed the live-action anime wave for years.
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