Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee

For those unfamiliar with the Netflix documentary’s subject, computer programmer John McAfee hit headlines in June last year after being found dead in his Spanish jail cell, shortly after the country’s court had authorised his extradition back to the US for tax evasion charges. However, the 75-year-old, who founded anti-virus software company McAfee back in 1987, had been on the run for nearly 10 years prior, with the Belize authorities wanting to question him over the murder of his neighbour Gregory Faull back in November 2012. Directed by BAFTA-winning documentarian Charlie Russell, the film tries to dive into who exactly McAfee is and whether he was a killer, following him as he bounces between various countries while speaking to the journalists and girlfriends that he dragged along the way. With some of the best documentaries being examinations of complicated characters, this film is a fascinating insight into an intelligent but dangerous man that’ll leave you wanting to run with the devil a little longer.