Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler lives the role of an ex-biker-gang member and former drug-dealer who undergoes an astonishing life transformation and finds his unexpected calling as the saviour of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in war-torn Sudan.

Based on his inspirational true story, Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war. Outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable people, especially the children, he ignores the warnings of more experienced aide workers and breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed. It also happens to be the middle of territory controlled by a renegade militia force, the LRA--Lord's Resistance Army, that forces children to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.

This explosive tale of a 21st century crusader to whom over a thousand orphans owe their lives, was directed by Marc Forster and also stars Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll and Michael Shannon.