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Released Year: 2011
Runtime: 129 minutes
Directors: Marc Forster
Casts: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Madeline Carroll, Peter Carey, Richard Goteri, Richard Goteri, Brett Wagner, Anthony Bishop, Michael Shannon, Corey Large, Kathy Baker, Barbara Coven, Ryann Campos, Mandalynn Carlson, Souleymane Sy Savane, Abena Ayivor, Grant R. Krause, Reavis Graham, Justin Michael Brandt, Misty Mills, Nicole Michele Sobchack, Sidi Henderson, Steve Blackwood, Judy Stepanian, Peter Tocco, Sean Patrick Leonard, Paul Lang, Wandile Molebatsi, Warren Masemola, Mulweli Muofhe, Lebogang Phoshoko, Jerry Mofokeng, Warona Seane
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(9 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)
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Boxoffice Magazine -
The exploitation title may not do it any favors, but this biopic based on the incredible life journey of Sam Childers is gripping, inspirational and well told.
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The A.V. Club -
Machine Gun Preacher is stirring when it presents Childers as a hero, but it does its most impressive work when it addresses him as a flawed, struggling, but still determined man.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
One can't escape the nagging feeling that the film doesn't dig deeply enough into its real-life hero. The film doesn't explore all those "whys" and "whats."
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Village Voice -
Machine Gun Preacher is the umpteenth onscreen iteration of a white savior aiding the most desperate in Africa.
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Slant Magazine -
Marc Forster regards the real-life Childers's evolution from heroin-addicted, wife-beating (implied), gun-toting oblivion to born-again do-gooderism with motorized aloofness.
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Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
(9 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2011
Runtime: 129 minutes
Directors: Marc Forster
Casts: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Madeline Carroll, Peter Carey, Richard Goteri, Richard Goteri, Brett Wagner, Anthony Bishop, Michael Shannon, Corey Large, Kathy Baker, Barbara Coven, Ryann Campos, Mandalynn Carlson, Souleymane Sy Savane, Abena Ayivor, Grant R. Krause, Reavis Graham, Justin Michael Brandt, Misty Mills, Nicole Michele Sobchack, Sidi Henderson, Steve Blackwood, Judy Stepanian, Peter Tocco, Sean Patrick Leonard, Paul Lang, Wandile Molebatsi, Warren Masemola, Mulweli Muofhe, Lebogang Phoshoko, Jerry Mofokeng, Warona Seane
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The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
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Reviews
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Boxoffice Magazine -
The exploitation title may not do it any favors, but this biopic based on the incredible life journey of Sam Childers is gripping, inspirational and well told.
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The A.V. Club -
Machine Gun Preacher is stirring when it presents Childers as a hero, but it does its most impressive work when it addresses him as a flawed, struggling, but still determined man.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
One can't escape the nagging feeling that the film doesn't dig deeply enough into its real-life hero. The film doesn't explore all those "whys" and "whats."
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Village Voice -
Machine Gun Preacher is the umpteenth onscreen iteration of a white savior aiding the most desperate in Africa.
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Slant Magazine -
Marc Forster regards the real-life Childers's evolution from heroin-addicted, wife-beating (implied), gun-toting oblivion to born-again do-gooderism with motorized aloofness.
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The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.