Faked heart attacks, poisoned dogs and mind-altering substances are just part of this truly bizarre documentary on John McAfee – the software pioneer who fled police
‘The latest TV show from Netflix’s seemingly endless true-crime conveyor belt’ … Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee‘The latest TV show from Netflix’s seemingly endless true-crime conveyor belt’ … Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfeeJohn McAfee
Born, rather incongruously, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, McAfee moved to the US, graduated in mathematics and became a programmer at Nasa, working on the Apollo space missions. In 1987, he invented McAfee antivirus, one of the most successful – not to mention most hated – pieces of software ever. At his peak, McAfee had a personal fortune of $100m. The company that bears his name is worth $14bn today.
.” Ironically, they forget to take the geo-data off the accompanying photograph, giving away the IT security guru’s location. Cue him going on the run again. “Clearly I’m a flight risk,” McAfee chuckles in the getaway car. “I specialise in flighting.” One of the sweetest scenes sees the wannabe master-of-disguise visit a small town wig store to get fitted with a Michael Fabricant-style hairpiece. The shop assistant can’t believe her luck when he suddenly offers $500 cash for her cheap sunglasses. Much less charmingly, McAfee also fakes disability to evade detection.
It all goes a bit Hunter S Thompson when he buys a yacht from Jordan Belfort, AKA the Wolf of Wall Street, and sets sail for the Bahamas with a cargo of drugs, hard liquor and heavy weaponry. Psychosis takes hold. In the middle of the Atlantic, McAfee threatens to shoot King “in the dick”. Despite decades as a war photographer, King understandably quits – but he is soon lured back to continue the story.
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