What a weird movie. Have you ever seen or heard of the movie "The Cross and the Switchblade" with Pat Boone starring in it? Total Godsploitation. It's about a hip young priest reaching out to some inner-city gang hoods and winning them over with some tough-talking Bible study and a few well-applied fists. It's based on a true story by a guy named David Wilkerson, and I couldn't help but think of that film when I was watching Marc Forster's new film "Machine Gun Preacher." Like that one, this is based on a true story, and like that one, it seems...
- 9/12/2011
- Hitfix
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