Boring

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I caught this by chance, and am not a particular fan of formulaic violent Police stories. But… It was quite good. JVD plays the taciturn out of town cop with a rabbit, brought in to supplement the numbers of the Texan border guards. Andree Bernard is hotter than the Texan midday sun as a barmaid, and the rogue Special Forces team turned drug runners are convincing adversaries.A classic, formula, bar brawl where a mouthy local picks on the wrong man is well handled, as is a quickfire shootout with some alleyway muggers. A set piece confrontation between the drug runners bus, disguised as a Church outing, is absurd. The choice of weaponry absurd. But if you like explosions, sirens, cars becoming wrecked, machine guns and the like, it does just fine.JVD's treacherous partner Billy is well played by Gary McDonald. JVD's taunt that Bily's adulterous wife was fond of giving other men oral sex, and Billy should remember that the next time he kissed her was memorable, as was the result.Border security, illegal immigration, drug running and local politics all appear in the mix just the right side of credibility, even if the finale inevitably tests that credibility to its limits.At ninety five minutes, it does not outstay its welcome.

The Shepherd: Border Patrol is set in the small New Mexico town of Colombus where New Orleans homicide cop Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has been transfered to border patrol, he is partnered up with Billy Pawnell (Gary McDonald) & the two set about catching drug lords & drug smugglers. A highly trained gang of drug smugglers made up of ex marines & special ops work for Benjamin Meyers (Stephen Lord) who likes to make money of heroin. Things are going fine for Meyers until Robideaux arrives on the scene, an honest cop unable to be brought Robideaux sets out to finish Meyers drug smuggling operation & take him down in the process but seemingly as the only straight cop in town Robideaux has his work cut out & has to go it alone...Directed by Isaac Florentine this is a fairly standard straight to video action thriller starring JCVD that I thought was alright but nothing special. The script is fairly routine, a one man army played by JCVD faces up against some bad guy & his henchmen & JCVD eventually comes out on top after having beaten everyone up & then killed them. There's nothing particularly terrible about The Shepherd: Border Patrol but at the same time there's nothing particularly great about it, you stick with it during it's 90 odd minute running time but once it finishes & the credits roll it won't last long in the memory. The character's are alright, there's a fairly predictable plot twist towards the end & while there little bits of exposition & plot development nothing really comes of them like we never find out who was controlling Meyers & the reasons why JCVD is on his personal mission are revealed & then forgotten about almost straight away. This isn't as bad as some of JCVD's recent straight to video efforts but neither is it as good as some, a very middle of the road average sort of film.The action scenes are a mixed bag here, while I really appreciated that the camera was locked down & you could actually see what was going on & there was none of that horrible ultra fast quick editing where you can't make out what's going on the action scenes themselves just aren't that good. The fights are alright with one or two fairly cool uses of slow motion but little else, there's the expected shoot-outs where the bad guy's can't shoot straight & just like stand there waiting for JCVD to shoot them & a reasonable car chase. All in all the action scenes could have been worse but like the film in general they could also have been better.With a supposed budget of about £12,000,000 The Shepherd: Border Patrol is set in New Mexico but was filmed in Bulgaria. The looks nice enough with decent production values. The acting is alright, JCVD is his usual self who at least tries & is still in good shape.The Shepherd: Border Patrol is average JCVD to be honest, it's not terrible but it's not brilliant either. I didn't mind watching it but I doubt I would ever want to see it again & I really wouldn't be able to recommend it.

Honestly awful film, bad editing, awful lighting, dire dialog and scrappy screenplay.The lighting at is so bad there's moments you can't even see what's going on, I even tried to playing with the contrast and brightness so I could see something but that didn't help.They must have found the script in a bin, the character development is just as awful and while you hardly expect much from a Jean-Claude Van Damme film this one manages to hit an all time low. You can't even laugh at the cheesy'ness.The directing and editing are also terrible, the whole film follows an extremely tired routine and fails at every turn as it bumbles through the plot that is so weak it's just unreal.There's not a lot else to say other than it's really bad and nothing like Jean-Claude Van Damme's earlier work which you could enjoy.Avoid like the plaque, frankly words fail me in condemning this "film".

Van damme has done some great films over the years and this one hits a big ten in my books. From the setting of Mexico to the five star fight scenes, this movie was amazing. The film is all about border patrol officers protecting there territory which is the border of Mexico. Ex navy seals are smuggling drugs out of Mexico into the united states of America (USA), Van damme and Scott Atkins give stunning performances as the cop and the villain. Although this film wasn't as good as until death but it still gave the action,acting and the film a five star look. I always look forward to these b grade action films and they keep getting better. keep them coming van damme.Watch this film if you enjoyed films like - Until death, The hard corps and second in command.