The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) (V)

Director:

Isaac Florentine

Writers:

Joe Gayton (written by) &
Cade Courtley (written by)

Release Date:

4 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome To Mexico

Plot:

A texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA. |

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Drug War | Drug Smuggling | Border Patrol | Bare Chested Male

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Jack Robideaux
Stephen Lord	...	Benjamin Meyers
Natalie J. Robb	...	Capt. Ramona Garcia
Gary McDonald	...	Billy Pawnell
Daniel Perrone	...	Felix Nestor
Scott Adkins	...	Karp
Andrée Bernard	...	Lexxi
Dan Davies	...	Emile
Miles Anderson	...	Arthur Pennigton
Luis Algar	...	Benito Ortiz
Todd Jensen	...	Wray
Ivaylo Geraskov	...	Gallery (as Ivailo Geraskov)
Velislav Pavlov	...	The Contact
Phil McKee	...	Jed
Bogdan Plakov	...	Turgell

Also Known As:

The Shepherd (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the briefing about 50,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border there's a citation on the wall titled: "Cheief" Commissioner's Commendation.

Quotes:

Billy Pawnell: The border. We can't go into Mexico.
Jack Robideaux: F*ck the border.

Soundtrack:

Strange Face of Love

Run for the Damme border!

This is the best direct-to-DVD effort from Van Damme that I have seen yet. Van Damme plays a border patrol agent who is out to stop heroin smugglers trying to cross into the United States. The action in this movie is great and the fight scenes rank with Van Damme's best. Costar Scott Adkins shows why he should be the next big star in the martial arts genre. For further evidence check out "Undisputed 2". Adkins is so good in fact that before I watched "The Shepherd", I thought that Van Damme might not look very believable in defeating him on screen. Van Damme holds his own though and although he isn't quite as athletic as Adkins is, he can still kick with the best of them. All of the fight scenes in this film are very well done and the gun battles are above average for this type of film as well. The only negative thing I can say about this movie is that the story is a little underdeveloped. I think Van Damme's character's motives should have been presented earlier in the movie, especially in regard to why he carries around a rabbit. The reason he does is very cool but you don't find out until the very end. There are a couple of other things that are never really explained either but this is a Van Damme movie so you know where the priority lies in making this kind of movie and it ain't character development. Overall though, this is a solid action movie that I recommend. So run for the Damme border!