If you have been working with computers for ages you probably are aware of the software by McAfee. John McAfee started the company and managed to real sell his software, which protects computers from virusses and other dangers. His programs were usually already installed when you bought a PC and he made millions (one moment in time it was estimated that he had 100 million dollars). He decided to leave the business and focus on yoga. A huge complex was built and started teaching there. When he had enough of it he decided to leave for Belize. There he started a new life, which would eventually make him a suspect in a murder case. Director Nanette Burstein decided to look into his story and uncovers more detail about his time there, including some shocking revelations by people who worked for him.
Money can make you do strange things and that is something this documentary clearly proves. McAfee settled in Belize and not only started to invest in the police force by giving them equipment and making friends. At the same time he started hiring local criminals who were part of dangerous gangs. Because of that he lived the life he wanted and if someone did something he didn’t like he sent his crew out to deal with it. Even the people who worked for him, including a researcher, tell frightening, scary and bizarre stories about him. It makes Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee a fascinating documentary which shows that fact sometimes can be stranger than fiction.
