Chef, author, and host Eddie Huang traces the wild rise and fall of Vice Media—from a scrappy alt-punk zine in ’90s Montreal to a global media empire worth $5.7 billion. Along the way, he meets key insiders to unpack how the powerhouse of the indie sleaze era burned bright—and crashed hard.

With investigative zeal, VICE alumnus Eddie Huang dives into his former employer’s lawless archives to uncover where it all went wrong. Smoking out tales of legit highs and unholy lows, this gonzo documentary eyeballs the timely comeuppance of a pop-cultural behemoth that flew too close to the sun.