Mysteries abound in the life of John McAfee. He made millions creating antivirus software, then reinvented himself as a yogi, a proponent of herbal medicine, and a serial entrepreneur. He was known for his charm and generosity. Then his life took another turn. He moved from the US to Belize and built a heavily armed compound in the jungle, like a modern day Heart of Darkness. McAfee never shied away from media attention and boasted of his libertine lifestyle, maintaining a harem of young women. In 2012 his neighbour in Belize, an American named Gregory Faull, was found murdered by a gunshot. Sought for questioning by local authorities, McAfee fled to Guatemala, then returned to the US where he pursued the Libertarian Party nomination for President in 2016. Over the years, journalists have told pieces of McAfee’s story (including the infamous Vice report accidentally revealing his secret location). Here the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Nanette Burstein delivers a deep investigation that sheds new light on the shadows around the 70-year-old mogul. McAfee refuses her requests for an interview, but continues a strange cat-and-mouse email correspondence for months. In Belize, Burstein conducts revelatory new interviews with McAfee’s former associates, uncovering his bizarre behaviour with women, local gangsters, and guns. She probes into the investigation of the unsolved murder of Faull, and learns of other allegations against McAfee for crimes that were never prosecuted. Paranoia runs high on all sides of this story, but Burstein never backs down in pursuing answers.
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Wow… I’d totally forgotten about how weird this story was, reading about it awhile ago. This is a wild ride for a documentary. It’s the sort of film that’s better if you just watch it rather than reading too much about it first. If you’re looking for a real weird story (which is at least one thing I typically like in docs), this is a good one. Somehow the filmmaker managed to untangle this bizarre series of events into a well-paced, flowing narrative that takes you through many twists. It’s surprising how much chaos a person can cause in their own life with the power of too much cash, the sense of entitlement, and a gooey center of delusion.
Pour a drink and watch this on a boring rainy night, you won’t be disappointed.
This movie pairs well with Tiger King and also with “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia”
LOL. My favourite part is that McAfee loved eating scat. LMAO
Move over Tiger King… big money has arrived!
John McAfee got women to poop in his mouth. This is what I will think about when I hear his name. Great.