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Machine Gun Preacher
Directed by
Marc Forster
R
2011
2h 9m
Action
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6.7
28%
62%
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Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.
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Cast of Machine Gun Preacher
Gerard Butler
Sam Childers
Michelle Monaghan
Lynn
Kathy Baker
Daisy
Richard Goteri
Gun Shop Owner
Peter Carey
Bill Wallace
Barbara Coven
Shannon Wallace
Michael Shannon
Donnie
Ryann Campos
Paige #1
Madeline Carroll
Paige #2
Mandalynn Carlson
Paige's Friend
Souléymane Sy Savané
Deng
Abena Ayivor
Betty
Grant R. Krause
Billy / Contractor
Reavis Graham
Pastor Krause
Justin Michael Brandt
Teenage Boy
Misty Mills
Biker Chick
Nicole Dupre Sobchack
Bartender
Sidi Henderson
Shaved Head
Steve Blackwood
Bank Manager
Judy Stepanian
Employment Woman
Peter Tocco
Mechanic
Brett Wagner
Ben Hobbes / Biker
Sean Patrick Leonard
Crackhead
Paul Lang
Prison Clerk
Wandile Molebatsi
LRA Commander
Warren Masemola
LRA Commander
Mulweli Muofhe
Anthony
Lebogang Phoshoko
Riverbed Child
Anthony Bishop
Dan
Jerry Mofokeng
Administrator
Warona Seane
Rose
Corey Large
American Businessman (uncredited)
Marc Forster
Director / Producer
Jason Keller
Writer
Craig Chapman
Producer
Jillian Kugler
Producer
Robbie Brenner
Producer
Douglas Saylor Jr.
Producer
Gary Safady
Producer
Deborah Giarratana
Producer
Machine Gun Preacher Ratings & Reviews
Albert Gonzalez
February 27, 2025
It's a good movie 🍿
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
It is an overblown, histrionic, cluttered and a nowhere near well enough developed mess, the erstwhile humanitarian a one-note caricature I knew little more about at the end than I did at the beginning.
Film Comment Magazine
Laura Kern
Even during this biopic's most absurd moments, Gerard Butler is terrific, conveying gentle and brutal equally well.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Despite its gut-wrenching honesty vis--vis lunacy, religion, and the tricky intersection thereof, Machine Gun Preacher is ultimately undone by its chaotic tone.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
In telling a true story, ambiguity can be an asset; but instead of mapping a middle course, director Marc Foster veers between two kinds of falsehoods.
Film.com
William Goss
The clichs fly like so many spent bullet casings...
Detroit News
Tom Long
What looks on the surface to be yet another inspiring story of one man's salvation turns out to be instead both an examination of modern atrocity and a rethinking of the burden/beauty of belief.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but "Machine Gun Preacher" is downright confounding.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Somewhere in the middle of this 127-minute film, the energy drops out, and Forster never quite gets it back.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Sam's duality ought to make for some interesting storytelling and a fascinating, conflicted character. But Forster and Butler overplay that conflict, turning "Preacher" into a portrait of goodwill gone amok.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"Machine Gun Preacher'' is crude and ham-handed from its ridiculous title on down, but it still gets to some interesting places.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Childers' deeds are presented simply as heroic. By the end of Machine Gun Preacher, its title character has become a cartoon.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
There's more machine gunning than preaching, but what did you expect?
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Butler acts the role within an inch of its life.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"Machine Gun Preacher" gives blood-soaked missionary work a bad name.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Machine Gun Preacher" is a combination of uplift and gritty violence, and the parts don't fit.
CinemaBlend
Katey Rich
There's no real conflict built within the story, no villains or obstacles to root against other than the general foes of warlords and death.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Even the Sudanese orphans, whose plight is, after all, the film's reason for being, are presented as a grievous backdrop to Childers's calisthenics. They are poster-art children, framed to elicit our maximum sympathy.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Far too high-and-mighty to truly be moving.
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Sam Childers On His Life
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Behind the Scenes
Kathy Baker On Her Character
Kathy Baker On Her Character
Behind the Scenes
Michael Shannon On His Character
Michael Shannon On His Character
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Marc Forster On Making A Film About A Real Person
Marc Forster On Making A Film About A Real Person
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Gerard Butler On So Much Being Packed Into One Movie
Gerard Butler On So Much Being Packed Into One Movie
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Michelle Monoghan On The Important Message In The Movie
Michelle Monoghan On The Important Message In The Movie
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I Miss Ya
I Miss Ya
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No Cheating
No Cheating
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Bug You There?
Bug You There?
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I Need The Money
I Need The Money
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God Gave You A Purpose
God Gave You A Purpose
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You Can't Help Them All
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