Untold: The Murder of Air McNair

Good movie!

Good movie!

Good movie!

This wannabe-documentary starts with the first man who arrived at the apartment, didn't know the body on the couch was Steve and went to the fridge for a beer... then tried to BRIBE the police officer? Then we never hear about that guy again. Why was he there? (I learned from news articles that this guy also calls A JUDGE!!). But like.. come on. A 6'2" Black man is dead on the couch and you know whose apartment you're at and you can't deduce that it's him? It makes you wonder truly what this apartment was, as it's said to be Steve's but also the murderer mistresses... never truly answered. The fact that so many people came and went makes me wonder if this was a de facto brothel for the circle of McNair, as hookers and sexual escapades with other women were mentioned in police reports. Why else would his friends randomly stop by and have keys? But again, none of this is ever answered. Was Steve living with his wife at home? Were they really getting a divorce? Did she know about all these women and that he was financially supporting them? Again - the doc covers none of it. They teed up plot twists of the ex boyfriend who got a line of credit to help her, plus the felon who sold her the gun who they allude to was dating the murderer mistress - those storylines all go abandoned. So the mistress was dating McNair, the ex and the felon? McNair was married and dating the murderer, sleeping with her friend, and others? I'm not sure what the filmmaker was trying to accomplish with this, but the best part was they got Jeff Fischer on board, whom I adore. Skip this if you're a fan of Air McNair. It will likely just p!ss you off.

Directed by Rodney Lucas and Taylor Alexander Ward. A runtime of fifty-seven minutes. Streaming on Netflix. This documentary starts on the fatal day of July 2009, when the superstar NFL quarterback Steve McNair and Sahel "Jenni" Kazemi were found dead by Steve's friend Robert Shaddy. You watch as Nashville Detective Charles Robinson breaks down the case and his findings as the case progresses. While diving into Steve McNair's early days enrolled at Alcorn State University. Showing you how he chose a historically black college that let him develop and display his God-given talent of being a quarterback. Rather than going to a bigger university and playing a defensive back like they wanted him to. You see him become a high first-round pick in the 1995 NFL draft. Hearing first-hand thoughts from his head coach at the time, Jeff Fisher. Watching how Steve maneuvered as his team moved from Houston to Tennessee. Along with the magical journey, he took this team on. They show you a healthy blend, going back and forth about what was currently happening after his murder along with the events that led up to it. "Untold: The Murder of Air McNair" was a decent documentary. In the "Untold" series specifically, it was one of the ones I was most anticipated for. But the final cut wasn't better than other "Untold" documentaries I've watched in the past or documentaries in general. A lot of the information I already knew. I was hoping to get new or more information altogether. I've seen 30 for 30's done better than this. I don't mean to come off like it was terrible but I felt like they left a ton out. Even when they were talking about Adrian Gilliam, who was another person of interest in the murder. It just ended with them diving into that person. Like, hello, what happened after they looked deeper into this person of interest? I just felt short-changed. I felt like I'd seen this story already and told better. I'm a Colts fan. I always wanted the Titans to lose when we played them, but when we weren't playing them, you had to appreciate Eddie George and Steve McNair killing their competition. Shout out to my boy Andre, he's a Titan fan. A lot of meat was left on the bone. I expected more from Netflix's "Untold," I'm not going to lie. I give this documentary three mor fires 🔥🔥🔥. #CosmoandtheMovieWithin #CosmoMovieBlog #CosmoLanier #UntoldTheMurderofAirMcNair.

I remember vividly when this happened. I believe it was deemed a murder suicide almost immediately when this documentary starts they act like it's some sort of mystery behind what happens and then they reveal it is actually a murder suicide. It is sad that it happened. It is sad that these people got caught up in a situation that they did, however, nothing about this documentary is compelling. They don't even show Steve McNair as a person they show footage of him running and smiling. There is absolutely nothing about him in this. They tried to make a mystery out of some thing that is very simple. I don't feel like they really gave Steve McNair another dimension nor his former lover. It also kept bouncing around like dates were important and they were not. Him being drafted has nothing to do with his murder, him almost winning. The Super Bowl has nothing to do with this murder. It's just boring.

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 first 50%(at least) of this documentary is coach Jim Fischer's journey (along with the Houston Oilers) to Nashville Tennessee and the now Titans run to the Super Bowl following the 1999 season. Taking second fiddle but also included is Air playing for HBCU Alcorn State University - this I believe OK to be included - in build up to the homicide, but not so much of the rest. So, eventually the producers get to the murder of McNair. And then the second decedent at the scene. And it is "revealed" the second dead person is married Air's girlfriend/mistress 18 yo Sahel 'Jenni' Kazemi and she the perpetrator of murder suicide. It takes a while to reach this point, with repetitive archival footage of newscasters getting the viewer here. Once we get to this determination by the police,no forensic evidence is offered to back it up. The only reason presented is a few days before the deaths, Jenni is busted for DWI and is unhappy with Air's tardiness in bailing her out. After the producers accept the conclusion of murder/suicide, they touch on two possible other scenarios, but don't follow up, and stay with what seemingly less than competent Nashville PD's version of things. Conclusion: when the murder is finally presented, it is a very weak true crime drama.

So I am be a little late to this because I do not watch football and I am not much of a athlete so I do not know who Steve McNair was until I watched this documentary last night. I thought it was a really good documentary, especially if you did not know the story, as I did not. Steve was a very good quarterback with a very sharp mind in the football world. He was great at him prime and seemed to be very loved by the fans. But unfortunately his life was cut tragically short when he was murdered in 1999. Out of respect for his family, I will not voice my opinion on what happened because that's not my place. I think this is a very well put together documentary. The only thing I would say is there is maybe to much time spent on the game of football and less on the actual Murder investigation.

Whoever filmed this had severe ADHD and was all over the place with the story being told. Weird stuff going on that needs to be followed up on....... Why did the first guy who entered the apartment call everyone but 911, go directly to the bar, and then later try to bribe the police officer on film at the station? Why did so much time pass before anyone called 911? Why wasn't the felon who owned the gun honest with police about knowing Jenni and his whereabouts the night of the murders? What gave police the idea that Jenni was the murderer beyond a shadow of a doubt? Did she have residue on her hands? Why didn't it show the forensics?