The Shepherd: Border Patrol

R

2008

1h 35m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A border-patrol agent (Jean-Claude Van Damme) must stop renegade Special Forces soldiers from smuggling heroin into the United States.

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Jordan W

If, for some reason, you like Van Damned movies, I'm sure you'll like this. If, however, you aren't a fan of mindless action films where the protagonist can't act his way out of a wet paper bag, and is just as incapable of losing a single hand to hand fight...well, you'll have a tough time sitting through this. The rabbit, however, is adorable. Oh, hell. It appears that a Van Damned marathon is going. Need to change the channel before my brain dissolves.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/20/23

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r 9

Just about enjoyable. 'The Shepherd: Border Patrol' is a solid enough, mindless action film. Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jack) certainly carries things, but Natalie J. Robb (Capt. García) is fairly good in her role. All the antagonists are very much cliché and predictable, though. The film attempts a load of heartfelt and profound storylines which don't really connect at all, with any twists it produces hardly surprising one bit. However, if you take this for want it is - a 95 minute brawl - then you can find ways to get entertainment from it. If you like this genre, you'll probably rate this 2008 production from Isaac Florentine.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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steve d

Strong Jean-Claude Van Damm action flick with an appropriate villain and cool action scenes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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A Decent action flick with a brief cameo by van dammes daughter

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Poorly written, badly paced, clunky action fiasco. The one thing this movie has going for it is the Van Damme vs Adkins fight, which is quite awesome while it lasts, but even that's bastardized by overused slo-mo and choppy editing. The villain is lame, the story is stupid; this one is for hardcore Van Damme fans only.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Another of Van Damme's straight to DVD clunkers, notable for... some not terrible action sequences or most likely a pub quiz question revolving around which cast member went on the star in Emmerdale (Natalie Robb, by the way). Otherwise avoid.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Isaac Florentine

Director

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jack Robideaux

Scott Adkins

Karp

Stephen Lord

Benjamin Meyers

Gary McDonald

Billy Pawnell

Todd Jensen

Wray

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Dennis Schwartz

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A forgettable action picture starring the unforgettable Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Rated: C+

Mar 21, 2019

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David Nusair

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...ultimately undone by the inclusion of several exceedingly questionable elements...

Rated: 2/4

Mar 13, 2008

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Synopsis

A border-patrol agent (Jean-Claude Van Damme) must stop renegade Special Forces soldiers from smuggling heroin into the United States.

Director: Isaac Florentine
Screenwriter: Joe Gayton, Cade Courtley
Production Co: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 35m

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