I recently watched the Netflix documentary Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee, and it's one of the craziest things I've seen in a long time. I've written about McAfee (who died in 2021) a few times over the years, and knew a few things about his chaotic and at times outright criminal life, but this sees filmmaker Charlie Russell and cameraman Robert King following and filming McAfee in 2012 and 2013 as he hides in Belize, escapes to Guatemala, and is deported back to the United States.
One of the most eye-popping moments in a documentary full of them comes when the raw footage suddenly segues into a rap music video for a song called The McAfee Effect by the Coin Bros (from 2018). As if that wasn't enough, it soon emerges the video is being filmed at a luxurious property with John McAfee, who among other things we see sitting at a table with endless booze, a huge pile of gold bars, stacks of cash, a handgun, and a large pile of white powder that probably isn't flour.
