A former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town.
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Title: The Shepherd (Video 2008)
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| Jean-Claude Van Damme | ... | Jack Robideaux | |
| Stephen Lord | ... | Benjamin Meyers | |
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Natalie J. Robb | ... | Capt. Ramona Garcia |
| Gary McDonald | ... | Billy Pawnell | |
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Daniel Perrone | ... | Felix Nestor |
| Scott Adkins | ... | Karp | |
| Andrée Bernard | ... | Lexxi | |
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Dan Davies | ... | Emile |
| Miles Anderson | ... | Arthur Pennigton | |
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Luis Algar | ... | Benito Ortiz |
| Todd Jensen | ... | Wray | |
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Ivaylo Geraskov | ... | Gallery |
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Velislav Pavlov | ... | The Contact |
| Phil McKee | ... | Jed | |
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Bogdan Plakov | ... | Turgell |
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A former New Orleans cop battles drug cartels and ex-Army Special Forces who are smuggling drugs from Mexico into U.S. through a Texas border town.
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Jack Robideaux: Fuck the border.
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Written by Tito Larriva
Performed by Tito & Turantula
Produced by Tito Larriva
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Natalie J Robb, star of the British soap Emmerdale plays the police chief, using an American accent, very different from her usual Scottish brogue. See more »Goofs
During the briefing about 50,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border there's a citation on the wall titled: "Cheief" Commissioner's Commendation. See more »Quotes
Billy Pawnell: The border. We can't go into Mexico.Jack Robideaux: Fuck the border.
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Strange Face of LoveWritten by Tito Larriva
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EnglishRelease Date:
4 March 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Shepherd: Border Patrol See more »Filming Locations:
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Unlike many of his action "contemporaries" (uh, you know who) Van Damme has at least been trying to improve himself as an actor with his direct to video films, while working with better directors. Many have been attempts at something different, like the somewhat surreal "in Hell". This is applaud able, but who really wants a Van Damme movie with little or no action? The Shepherd is a throwback to his 90's films where plot was minimal and fights and other action scenes took centre stage, where everyone knew they were making a pot boiler and had fun doing it. And thank God, because while no biggie plot wise, this movie delivers everything you'd want from a Van Damme movie. Great if happily familiar martial art fights (it even opens in that old action movie stand by, a diner)lots of guns and explosions, and even a torture scene for our boy. It's also well directed, starting with a great sense of humor then turning dead serious when it needs to. The last 15 minutes or so are wall to wall boom boom.
For pure action, for what Van Damme does best, this is absolutely his most entertaining film since he went DTV.