Machine Gun Preacher (2011) (original) (raw)

Based on the true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who finds faith leading him on a path to East Africa. Shocked by the mayhem in Sudan, Childers becomes a crusader for hundreds of refugee children. Inspired to create a safe haven for the multitudes fleeing enslavement by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, he restores peace to their lives and eventually his own.

Based on the true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who finds faith leading him on a path to East Africa. Shocked by the mayhem in Sudan, Childers becomes a crusader for hundreds of refugee children. Inspired to create a safe haven for the multitudes fleeing enslavement by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, he restores peace to their lives and eventually his own. (less)

Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Jason Keller, Ian Urbina
Starring: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker, Souleymane Sy Savane, Madeline Carroll
Producer: Robbie Brenner

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 5, 2011

4 / 10

By dramatizing the life and times of biker-turned-angel Sam Childers, Hollywood is offered a golden opportunity to explore an inspirational, church-based tale intended to lift the spirits of the audience, while also leaving plenty of room for some butt-kicking action sequences along the likes of a �Rambo� motion picture. Instead of tears, �Machine Gun Preacher� cries bullets, an interesting twist on the �white man saves all� genre, but not subversive or insightful enough to rescue an otherwise limp, muddled biopic about a baffling man saving Africa once orphan at a time. The feature is well-in ...read more...

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