Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda, Sei Hiraizumi

A spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character L. L is recruited to save humanity from a deadly virus that wiped out a whole Thai village and his friend F. H...( read more  read more... )is oponents are K and a twisted environmental group who want to "cleanse" the world of it's excess population with the deadly virus. His accomplices are two young children--an English-speaking boy who's the only survivor of the virus infected Thai village, and a Japanese school girl who's the child of the professor who developed the virus antidote.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: Hideo Nakata

Release Date: January 31, 2008

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  • December 31, 2008
    A little extra spin-off movie to continue the adventures of L from the Death Note saga. It an enjoyable action adventure but not much else. It adds nothing to the story and also develops into a familiar Hollywood action type film. Death Note was a battle of wits, here we have car...( read more) chases and even L jumping onto a moving plane. He is given two child sidekicks which, surprisingly, work. We get to see a tender side to L, but not the typical cutesy crap. Matsuyama's performance is consistent and still fantastic, though it takes such a simple plot a long time to set up, so you wonder if he'll be relegated to scenery. The slight references to Death Note are actually quite distracting and perhaps could have been left out. It's an overlong but decent film. Certainly if you want to see L one more time.
  • November 10, 2008
    L couldn't change this movie. I had an extremely low expectation in this film, and to my surprise, it was even worse than what I had imagined.

    Poorly written and directed.
  • November 20, 2009
    Esta pelicula es lo maximo
  • November 5, 2009
    I think they casted L really well. Ken'ichi Matsuyama plays his character really well, and theres something very sweet about the way he develops in the film. It's a gorgeous film and it's surely my favourite Death Note film. The story is much more different from the other Death N...( read more)ote movies - it doesn't have much to do with the book itself. There's nothing of the paranormal here and the characters are more intellegent. Hideo Nakata has proven that he can not only make horror films, but make a drama with everything we want in that type of film. Fans of the character L should love this, because his so likeable in this. It's a lovely film!
  • October 25, 2009
    i like 2 see this movie coz i think it is heart share movie
  • September 28, 2009
    Death Note 3: L Change the World shows what L does with his remaining days. This answers any questions left by both films. Its humor is sweet and L tries standing up straight. (laugh) Poor L.
  • September 12, 2009
    i ve heard many good compliments about this film...
  • September 8, 2009
    i didn't think it was possible but i love L even more now
  • September 4, 2009
    It has a few interesting moments, but I mostly watched because this is the third film in the Death Note series. The lead character of L is just chock full of annoying affectations and I just can't get behind him at all.

    Rental, but only to complete your viewing, I certainly wou...( read more)ldn't start with this film.
  • August 20, 2009
    Weird- all these people (especially teenage girls) really like L. Of course, so do I but I always thought I was a very sick and twisted person...

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  • yannaphat
    January 7, 2009
    I LOVE L.

    (^^)
  • PlayWithJessica
    July 20, 2008
    I LOVE L. ;D
  • Thundershocks
    February 29, 2008
    I like this movie! Cool!
  • kangjie93
    February 18, 2008
    i've seeen the movie!!! L's so cuuuuuute!!!!! the movie is EXELLENT
  • Yuuko15
    February 13, 2008
    Oh!!!! I have no seen this movie yet, but I will! XD
    I think even without death notes or shinigamis this movie will be great!
    I really wanna see how L find out another case.
    Well, I think that's all

    Justice will prevail!

    XD

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