| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
| Run Time: | 103 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 05 Jun 2012 |
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Machine Gun Preacher is rated R: for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon
Studio: 2011 Relativity Media / Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Website: Official site for Machine Gun Preacher.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
