Film Review – Machine Gun Preacher

By dramatizing the life and times of biker-turned-angel Sam Childers, Hollywood is offered a golden opportunity to explore an inspirational, church-based tale intended to lift the spirits of the audience, while also leaving plenty of room for some butt-kicking action sequences along the likes of a “Rambo” motion picture. Instead of tears, “Machine Gun Preacher” cries bullets, an interesting twist on the “white man saves all” genre, but not subversive or insightful enough to rescue an otherwise limp, muddled biopic about a baffling man saving Africa once orphan at a time. The feature is well-intentioned, but its choice of director is all wrong. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com