Review of Machine Gun Preacher (2011) by Paul P — 13 Oct 2012

Butler gives a great performance in an otherwise inconsistent film.

Watching Butler in the early part of this film where he is a pretty nasty piece of work really grabbed my attention. Where he finds religion and becomes more purposeful, it is interesting to watch but I found myself more intrigued by his younger self. The rest of the cast are fine and where this flick is based on real events, its becomes quite engrossing.

It is a little preachy in places which is understandable but given the complexity of the situation less judgement would have made this something different,......