Machine Gun Preacher

Theatrical - Limited 2011-09-23

Cast Gerard Butler Michelle Monaghan Michael Shannon Kathy Baker Madeline Carroll
Directed by Marc Forster
Written by Jason Keller

Genres: Action Biography

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Machine Gun Preacher is 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.

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PLOT: The true story of Sam Childers (Gerard Butler); a drug addict biker who, thanks to the encouragement of his faithful wife (Michelle Monaghan), finds God and becomes a born-again Christian. After a minister from the Sudan visits his church,...

Posted 14 years ago

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Before dealing with the looming zompocalypse of WORLD WAR Z, director Marc Forster (MONSTER’S BALL, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) helped Gerard Butler get serious (if melodramatic) with a Real Life Problem in MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The movie also features Michelle Monaghan,...

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Gerard Butler has moved on from Jennifer Aniston and stepped into serious drama territory. When was the last time that we got anything from the MACHINE GUN PREACHER front? When I first heard the title for this film, without knowing...

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