Sunday, November 7, 2010

Death Note: L Change the World (2008)

In the third installment of the Death Note movies, L is back to solve a case of a virus that evil scientists and businessmen want to unleash on the world. The key is the daughter of a good scientist and a small boy who is orphaned after his village is wiped out and an undercover officer is killed.

After the battle between L and Kira/Shinigamis, it's hard to get into this one. While L is the same, his nemesis doesn't seem to be anything more than an average opponent. Yes, there is the question of whether he will solve the mystery of who is responsible, but there isn't any clever battle of wits as in the previous movies with Kira and L.

I did manage to get more interested in it part way through, so ultimately I enjoyed it. Anyone who enjoyed the character L will enjoy this as he is the main focus. But if you are looking for the death note story line, or the intellectual cat and mouse from the first movies, you will be disappointed.

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