“Hope is the greatest weapon of all”
Machine Gun Preacher
6.7
1,144 votes·2011
·2h 9m
·MovieActionThrillerCrime
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
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Significant financial loss
Keywords
africaredemptionsudanbased on true storybikerbelief in godduringcreditsstingerchild soldierconversion to christianitywhite saviorchildren in dangerbased on real person
Cast
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
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