# The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)

> A battle-hardened former cop wages a brutal one-man campaign against a cartel-backed military smuggling operation on the Texas border.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14419

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Isaac Florentine
- Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Lord, Natalie J. Robb, Gary McDonald, Phil McKee, Scott Adkins, Bianca Bree, Daniel Perrone
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0827521/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: hard-edged, violent, tense, action movie night, martial arts marathon

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