Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee

2016 "Between genius and madness lies the truth"
6.7| 1h40m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 24 September 2016 Released
Producted By: Showtime Networks
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Official Website: http://www.sho.com/titles/3437264/gringo-the-dangerous-life-of-john-mcafee
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The strange story of John McAfee, who went from millionaire software mogul to yogi, Kurtz-like jungle recluse to potential murderer, and most recently a prospective presidential candidate for the American Libertarian Party.

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Nanette Burstein

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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
sjomia At first I was skeptical thinking this was a documentary praising the psychopath John McAfee, however I saw the documentary outlined the facts.A lot of work went into this documentary and I am glad the people in charge were not bought or intimidated off by John.It shows corruption at the highest levels including in Belize, Guatemala and the US as well because in my opinion they could have sent a DNA team down there or pressured Belize to file charges on John, but it goes to show if you are famous and you are US rich, you can get away with murder.The documentary leaves it up to the viewer to make their own conclusions in my opinion John hired someone to kill the neighbor US citizen, John is a psychopath like Charles Manson and until I watched the documentary did not know he was running to become the US president.Overall this is a must watch documentary, no one should have this criminal as their neighbor any of your family members involved with this psycho.
rawreel-15473 This is a despicably biased piece of cinematic garbage, haphazardly directed by an artless propagandist. Not one moment of this film even portends to be the slightest bit objective or open-minded. It's kind of sad, because somewhere in this series of events it seems that there could be a cogent and compelling narrative, but in the hands of this ham-fisted, half-wit director, all is lost. Reading the email exchange between the director and McAfee (despite being edited by the director) is something akin to watching a chimp play chess against Garry Kasparov. It makes me wonder just how inept she would seem if the unedited exchanges had been included instead. All in all, don't waste your time with this God awful, raging dumpster fire of a "documentary."
matthijsalexander This documentary is interesting and absolutely worth watching. I found the overall documentary somewhat weak, the story could have been told better and with more debt. I can't quite put my finger on it, something about the presentation I disliked.The story itself though interesting. Yeah, I didn't know I knew him. I never gave him any thought. He may as well be more famous than Michael Jackson. It always amazes me how mediocre looking dude with a good vocabulary can attract women and make them do virtually anything. Note: I am not jealous. So you have a product that is known worldwide, and the inventor a bit of an eccentric A*******, that's potentially a recipe for disaster.Absolutely worth a watch, one hell of story! The story of the guy you know by name and his products' fame. The story of how money can mess with your mind? Or the story of a highly intellectual with vices?? Thank god that the elections weren't McAfee VS Trump. It could have been.
victor-221 I'm a bit hesitant when documentary filmmakers include themselves in the film their making. But in this case filmmaker Nanette Burstein straddles that line nicely, particularly when the subject of her film won't talk to her! But McAfee does..... via email. And near the end of the film when she is able to "corner" her subject, the result is interestingly captured all on camera. Her persistence in tracking down witnesses, friends and associates is admirable and the results speak for themselves. Is John McAfee crazy? a brilliant media provocateur? A computer genius? All three? I won't spoil anything, but let me just say that the interviews with the "girlfriends" was probably one of the most shocking and disgusting things I have ever heard in my life. Let's leave it at that. In conclusion, the documentary held my interest and was well-produced.