
The Rise and Fall of John McAfee
John McAfee built the antivirus software that carries his name, then spent his fortune building a compound in Belize where things went sideways fast. The film tracks his transformation from Silicon Valley pioneer to fugitive, centering on the death of his neighbor Gregory Faull and the manhunt that followed after Belizean police named McAfee a suspect. Interviews and archival footage follow him faking heart attacks, disguising himself, and blogging from hiding as international media turned the chase into a spectacle. The second half catches up with McAfee living openly again, rebranding as a cybersecurity commentator while insisting shadowy forces are still hunting him. Belize's own government and police give their side, painting a picture at odds with McAfee's telling. The documentary does not resolve who is right, but it lays out the paranoia, the parties, the guns, and the money that turned one man's private compound into an international incident, and leaves the murder itself unsolved on camera the same way it remains unsolved in fact.