Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever Review

What would you be willing to sacrifice for five more strong, healthy years of life? Your money? Your time?

Medical advances and access to care continue to increase our life expectancy, but while our loved ones are living longer, they are also getting more ill. Hearts, lungs, joints, senses and memory fail, making the last years of life often painful and costly for older adults, their families and caregivers. The answer from super-rich entrepreneur Brian Johnson is the subject of the documentary "Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever is available to watch on Flixtor info." Johnson has dedicated all his money and time to the Blueprint Protocol, an algorithm that uses a variety of treatments and supplements, from exercise, diet, and tested and medically approved, to not only extend life indefinitely, but also reverse the signs of aging. "It works on mice," "It should work on mice," "It's worth a try," "You'd have to fly to a free trade zone in Honduras to get the injection, because no country in the world would accept you as even human enough." Johnson jokes that it might turn him into "the Hulk" or give him enough strength to lift a car. The doctor's assurance that the gene therapy has an "emergency kill switch" in case something goes wrong sounds too much like a movie to be truly reassuring.

Journalist Ashlee Vance, who covered Johnson for years and co-produced the documentary, says in the film that her view of Johnson has changed over the years. "He was over the edge." This is reflected in the film, which tells a story on many layers. We may not be convinced, especially when Johnson claims that he lets his brain's decisions be made by an algorithm, and that it is ultimately his brain that makes and constantly evaluates them, but the film raises provocative and meaningful questions about our assumptions.

On the other hand, "extreme" is not extreme enough to describe Johnson's treatment. He wakes up in the morning and takes "54 pills of what he calls Green Giant," then goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. with a determined and determined determination, spending his days with exercises, treatments, and meticulous care until he gets exactly 8 hours and 34 minutes of sleep. He monitors, measures, and records his progress from the cellular level upwards. In the first half of the film, the question inevitably arises as to whether this is a life that anyone would want to prolong. Johnson has no time for the things we consider most valuable in life: family, friends, travel, music, art, pizza, chocolate, meaning, connection, joy.

He finds meaning in the conviction that his actions benefit humanity. First, there are people who follow his progress online, buying his books and the supplements and treatments he recommends. But he also believes his project will provide valuable findings for scientists studying longevity.