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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Synopsis

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... See more 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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Review: Machine Gun Preacher

Posted 15 years ago

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,...

Gerard Butler has bullets and a cause in the trailer for Machine Gun Preacher

Posted 15 years ago

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,...

First Look: Gerard Butler in Machine Gun Preacher

Posted 15 years ago

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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