The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) (V)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Isaac Florentine

Writers:

Cade Courtley (writer)
Joe Gayton (writer)

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 | Shirtless Male Bondage | Bus | Drug Smuggling | Drug War

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

This film is good in it's genre

This film is good in it's genre and that genre is naturally action with a little/average budget. Looks like Van Damme delivers greatly better performances when he has a good director guiding him. There is your basic bar brawl, alley scene and mostly a lot of gun fighting. Some basic drama, but nothing too deep. Isaac Florentine directs an OK action flick if you ignore the weak plot and the holes in it. But the person who steals the show is:

Scott Adkins. How come this guy isn't a massive Arnold Schwarzenegger caliber action star that I don't know. Director Isaac Florentine has made a movie with Scott Adkins before called Special Forces (2003) which has some unbelievable martial arts talent that will satisfy the most demanding kungfu enthusiastic. Another amazing Scott Adkins feature is Undisputed 2. Check this guy out and make a noise, this guy needs to get super action star status and he needs to get it now!

What else can I say about the movie? It's Van Damme stepping up a notch from some of his most recent work. No Oscars here for sure, but you already knew that. But never the less it has a nice little town feel and I could find worse ways to spend my time. So I'm giving this a solid 7 out of 10 in it's genre.