Directed by:
Marc ForsterScreenplay:
Jason KellerCinematography:
Roberto SchaeferCast:
Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker, Souleymane Sy Savane, Corey Large, Fana Mokoena, Misty Mills, Mandla Gaduka (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
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. When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed—in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens. But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA’s intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives - and eventually his own. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gerard Butler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/824/168824976_b8pu51.jpg)
Gerard Butler
UK
Best movies:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
![Michelle Monaghan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696637_ab77ab.png)
Michelle Monaghan
USA
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Constantine (2005)
![Michael Shannon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277464_6c0bc7.jpg)
Michael Shannon
USA
Best movies:
Groundhog Day (1993)
Knives Out (2019)
Bullet Train (2022)
![Madeline Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277886_9b6051.jpg)
Madeline Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Flipped (2010)
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
![Kathy Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270578_0ae2a3.jpg)
Kathy Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Cold Mountain (2003)
![Souleymane Sy Savane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/074/162074532_623242.jpg)
Souleymane Sy Savane
Best movies:
Good Time (2017)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Goodbye Solo (2008)
Corey Large
Canada
Best movies:
Freedom (2000)
Poker Night (2014)
Kid Cannabis (2014)
Fana Mokoena
South Africa
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
World War Z (2013)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Misty Mills
USA
Best movies:
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
High School (2010)
Red Dawn (2012)
Mandla Gaduka
Best movies:
District 9 (2009)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Sean Patrick Leonard
Best movies:
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Makhaola Ndebele
Lesotho
Best movies:
Money Monster (2016)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Jerry Mofokeng
Best movies:
Lord of War (2005)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (2008) (series)
Peter Carey
Best movies:
Conviction (2010)
This Must Be the Place (2011)
Real Steel (2011)
Mandalynn Carlson
Best movies:
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Kagiso Legoadi
Best movies:
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Warona Seane
Best movies:
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
In My Country (2004)
The Borrowers (2011) (TV movie)
Tau Maserumule
Best movies:
Blood Diamond (2006)
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (2008) (series)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)