Machine Gun Preacher

Someone REALLY liked Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

A great story poorly told. Kind of like my life (insert frowny face here).

I'll go with my Probable Score here. It's a not-bad rendition of a cool story. I would have liked seeing the real Sam Childers (that we see in the credits) in the movie. He looks like a total badass.

There are better child soldier or african war films, but there are many worse personal salvation films. Instead of going on about discovering god for drugs, or doing something useless like building a baseball pitch in nowhere, this has some real grit.

The film is terribly boring. The story is really good and the directing ruined it all. I've got no idea how a movie with Butler can be so boring. He is good but, that's not enough to not make you bored as hell.

First off, let me give Butler his credit, he is great here. He might help hundreds of Sudanese children, but he can't save you from being bored while watching.

The title makes this sound seriously bad. Guess what: it's far from it. Based on a true story, believablity is never compromised. Acting-wise, it's solid, and it offers some genuinely touching moments, Forster always remembering not to show too much for dramatic effect, the subject matter being more than shocking enough in itself. He, in other words, takes stabs at your heart without twisting the knife. So don't be expecting lots of acting, this is first and foremost a drama.

Wow is this movie slow. At 1.75x it's not terrible, but it's not great. It's basically about a guy who trades one life of violence and imposing his will on others for another, just directed at people who are more deserving of it.

bad movie

65.000

Expected it to be a movie packed with action and violence, but it really wasn't. We have a strong story about a troubled man wrestling with himself, society and God (great performance by Butler) and we have some great performances, but yet, this film defenitely lacks something more.

Terribly boring attempt at getting an oscar

Kojiless already said it. This is an AMAZING story which is somehow made into a pretentious boring mess. It isn't terrible it is just disappointing.

Yes, it does shed light on the atrocities happening in Sudan. It's also about one man's spiritual journey. It's at time scattered, but then again, so is real life. Great job Gerard Butler! Interesting, emotional and meaningful film.

The point of this movie was to show the horrendous things that are happening in that part of Africa and how only one man seems to care. All the other is just filler. That was the point of why he agreed to have this movie made and it hammered that point with laser focus.

Remove all the god stuff and keep the bad ass, drugie biker saving Sudan's children and you've got yourself one hell of a movie.

not too bad. but i love biographies!

Fuck everything about this.

I kept flashing on Redford's BRUBAKER, or Nicholson's THE BORDER--something that (I think) is well-intentioned and that you're sort of obligated to watch, with a few vivid moments but no real resonance. Butler's good, but this just ain't got no passion; it isn't very well made, to be honest, existing more out of obligation than any sort of filmmaker's vision.

Pretty good.

This is either a shining-a-light-on-a-terrible-real-life-situation movie or a lets-make-a-fuck-load-of-money-by-shining-a-light-on-a-terrible-real-life-situation movie, and frankly my dear, I don't give a damn either way.

Too bad the directing isnt top notch, as the story is.

Ugh.