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.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Why is it that uplifting movies based on true stories often feel so untrue and fall so flat?
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
30 Sep 2011
fresh:
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.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
30 Sep 2011
rotten:
The cliches fly like so many spent bullet casings...
– William Goss,
Film.com,
6 Oct 2011
rotten:
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.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
7 Oct 2011
rotten:
The need to cram in facts and events makes 'Machine Gun Preacher' feel too much like one large and needlessly glossy montage sequence.