Machine Gun Preacher

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (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.


 * African Terrorists: The Lord's Resistance Army.
 * Amazing Freaking Grace: During the scene where Childers' gets baptized.
 * Badass Biker: What he was.
 * Badass Preacher: What he became.
 * Film of the Book: Based on Sam Childers' memoir Another Man's War
 * Papa Wolf
 * Reformed Criminal
 * Saving the Orphanage
 * Scary Black Man: The members of the Lord's Resistance Army.
 * White Man's Burden: If you feel cynical about it.