"Untold: The Murder Of Air McNair" Was Such A Swing And Miss By Netflix
Netflix and their "Untold" series are rolling out a few of their famed sports documentaries and one in particular caught my eye. "Untold: The Murder Of Air McNair", a documentary about Steve McNair being murdered in cold blood by his 20-year-old mistress. My favorite quarterback of all time? Yeah, I was excited to see what new information they were going to release and what they were going to highlight.
I mean it's been 15 years since McNair was killed on 4th of July in 2009 and they drop this on us out of nowhere, surely there has to be some new information here right? Not even close. This documentary was a complete waste of an hour. 0 new information presented an a just a waste of time. Kind of fitting that these Netflix sports docs are falling flat on their face. Swamp Kings was awful, the Johnny Manziel one was not done great at all, and this one now joins the others as time you'll never get back.
Now it wasn't all bad, we got some good quotes and stories from McNair's former coach, Jeff Fisher. My guy is sitting cool guy style in a leather chair just spitting some great stories. I did enjoy hearing from him, I'd have loved another hour of that. But other than that, there's nothing too good. Interviews with his friends and a former player, his old coach, some police and that is it.The doc bounces back and forth between his playing career and the timeline and events of the murder. But they just continue to go over things that we've already been told. 0 new redeeming qualities about this film.
Maybe the wildest part of the whole documentary was the interview with the mistress' ex-boyfriend. They basically made him relive the time his girlfriend broke up with him and started dating his favorite football player of all time while they still shared a lease. I mean talk about rubbing someones nose in it.
The rest goes on to talk about the murder, finding the bodies, the questionable police work and the suspect that was never really considered and then it's over. Just like that. You're sitting there waiting for another episode or a chapter 2, but nothing. It's just over. I hate how they essentially shoved the most interesting part about the private investigator sniffing around into the last 4 minutes. The ONE thing that they started to tease and make interesting, they make it the last 4 minutes and then they send you packing. This wasn't an update an update on anything new. They basically had us read a book report on a book we had already been through. You know what's going on in the story, why rehash this? Why continue to put a black cloud over McNair's life and legacy? This felt so rushed, especially towards the end.
I was hoping for some new development or findings. A few interviews that really dug deep into some of the holes they mentioned, but we got none of that. We got 0 new findings or stories. Give me a break Netflix. Don't waste your time on this, you can find this all out on the wikipedia page or a quick Google. "Untold" dropped the ball here so bad, like they have with a few other of their features. Swing and a miss here, swing and a big miss. 0 out of 5 balls.