Release: 2011
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker, Souleymane Sy Savane
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Studio: Relativity Media
From drug-dealing outlaw to warrior of faith. One man’s redemption becomes a nation’s salvation.
Machine Gun Preacher tells the gripping true story of Sam Childers, a former biker gang member and criminal who finds faith and purpose after a personal transformation. Leaving behind a life of violence and addiction, he travels to war-torn Sudan, where he witnesses the horrors inflicted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Fueled by a mission to save child soldiers, Sam picks up arms to protect the innocent, building an orphanage in the heart of the conflict zone.
Gerard Butler delivers a raw, intense performance in this powerful biographical drama directed by Marc Forster. The film blends action with moral complexity, raising questions about faith, justice, and what it truly means to be a hero.
