‘Machine Gun Preacher’ – A movie based on a true story

According to the movie’s press material…

Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.

This looks good, far better than the title suggests. Maybe I’ve been asleep, but I’m not familiar with Sam’s story. Or at least, it doesn’t seem familiar to me.

According to Christian Post, the movie’s poster is sparking “mixed reactions”…