ThiefHott
Too much of everything
Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
daworldismine
when van damme makes a good movie, he makes a really good movie, when he makes a bad movie, he makes a really bad movie, luckily this is one of his better efforts, as he plays a border control agent, who wants revenge for the death of his daughter, who died after taking drugs. the action scenes are plenty full, and very well made and choreographed, the villains are good, and the acting actually pretty decent. van damme looks on great shape, expecialy compared to others like seagal and stallone, and he pulls his fight scenes off with ease, i didn't notice any doubles. the movie isn't a masterpiece by any means, but its a solid action thriller that delivers the goods, and van damme fans are bound to enjoy it. i recommend
kosmasp
While this may not feel any different from some of his previous efforts, van Damme still delivers here. With some fine action pieces and some very nice stunts (for US B-Movie standards that is, not comparable to the grace and fighting skills from Asia, mind you), this is what you should expect from a movie like this.Plus van Damme still can lift his leg(s) ... but enough about other actors (who by the way, might be better persons, not only because of their Buddhism/religion choice, but still might be best of, if they'd retire!). If you are a van Damme "Fan", you don't need me to convince you, to like this. If you hate him, this won't change your mind. But whatever "category" you're in, watch "JCVD"! A movie, that gives you a look behind the mask/scenes ...Back to this movie though, with a little personal aspect to the whole thing: Since I am an animal lover and I especially love bunnies, I am happy to see them in movies ... As you can guess, there is one in here too! :o)
greengenes
This movie was better than I thought it would be since most Jean Claude Van Damme movies I've seen since about 1995 have just sucked it. Van Damme and Scott Adkins are okay but this movie still is no better than the average Van Damme flick. Director Isaac Florentine, this is probably his fault since Van Damme gives a good performance (yes you read that right he doesn't suck in this movie). But his fighting is slowing down because his fight scenes are all just a few kicks and punches with nothing spectacular or anything you haven't seen a hundred times before in other Van Damme movies. The acting is okay and the story is actually pretty good but the fight scenes are below average and the directing is not very good.
Mash-the-stampede
It's really good to see Van Damme's film are slowly getting better of late and especially compared to C-grade flops "Derailed" and "Second in command" which were both tragic and not in a good way. The Sheperd: Border patrol is a good action flick with some really great action/fight sequences. It's good to know that Van Damme still knows how to kick seeing as his last film "Until Death" had no martial arts in it at all!!!That being said, this film is significantly inferior to "Until Death" which was a really good turn for Van Damme. "Until Death" lacked the over-the-top action of most Van Damme films but was dark and gritty and Van Damme's performance as an actor was surprisingly good in that film. Still, The Shepherd is definitely a film worth checking out especially for Van Damme fans or just action movie fans in general but if you're looking for a film with a bit more story line.....you may want to skip this one!I do believe that this film was done well enough especially on what little budget it would have been shot on. The only real problem I have with this film is the title; "The Shepherd"? I don't get it! I suppose "Border Patrol" just doesn't have the same ring to it without the word "Shepherd" in front of it!!!My rating for this film is 7 out of 10 but that's by Van Damme movie standards not in any other film category.i.e. It's good for a Van Damme film.
