Machine Gun Preacher

A thug who loves drink and drugs changes his life 180 degrees to become a born-again Christian. He leaves his comfortable home in the USA and goes to Uganda and Sudan to do charity work. Sounds like a plot for a movie, eh? Oh wait – it is a movie, but one that is based on a true story.

Gerard Butler plays Sam Childers, who decides to build an orphanage in Sudan in the face of the terrible war and suffering he witnesses. But he clashes with rebel forces that turn boys into soldiers and girls into sex slaves. He takes up arms against them and gets the name of ‘machine gun preacher’.

While it is always good to see Butler on screen again, this movie is one that will fade through the memory banks.

Rating: 2 outta 5.