Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (2025) review

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson - founder of Braintree, an online payment service - talks to documentarian Smith about the extreme measures he's taking, such as ingesting hundreds of supplements and undergoing radical medical procedures (like gene therapy), in order to "reverse" (or at least slow down) the natural aging process in an attempt to have the physique of an 18-year-old ... and he just so happens to have a teenage son, Talmage, who comes and lives with him (before scooting off to the University of Chicago).  The director wisely interviews experts who express concern regarding the situation and brings up plenty of the controversies that surround Johnson - including (but not limited to) pushing products via Amazon, the fact that two of his children won't associate with him (he claims it's because he broke away from the Mormon church) and his alleged mistreatment of ex-girlfriend Taryn Southern - although it does dart past those unpleasant matters relatively quickly (being a businessman, Bryan knows how to talk around any problem).  It's a psychological topic "disguised" as a physical one - Johnson traded in spirituality for narcissism, so instead of praying to God he believes he can become Him - and I'll leave it to others to mock the scenes with Talmage (there's more sexual tension between him and the lad than him and his assistant Kate) ... but finishes up on a fair note: there's nothing wrong with attempting to live longer than normal.  That said, my paternal grandmother used to drink multiple Cokes a day and lived to be 103 ... and Keith Richards, as of this writing, is still making music (most likely with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth).