There’s a theoretical sweet spot to be found for Machine Gun Preacher — that of the multi-quadrant film, as the marketers say. It aims to be a hard-charging actioner that’s also a based-on-a-true-story tale of rebirth and uplift; an earnest, somber look at conflicts in Sudan that’s simultaneously a faith-centric, family-oriented redemption song. Directed by Marc Forster (of, appropriately enough, Quantum of Solace and Finding Neverland ) from a screenplay by Jason Keller (who’s also credited as one of the writers on Tarsem Singh’s upcoming take on Snow White ), Machine Gun Preacher always seems aware that it’s working off ripe material, but can’t fit it into beats that work on-screen.
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REVIEW: Machine Gun Preacher Fails as a Tale of Rebirth, Redemption and Kicking Ass
