this movie be make on a relatively small budget ( 10 20 million dollar . ) with almost no promotion at all from it distributor . i only know about it because i be a long time jean claude van damme fan and i always check out his late film in hope that they will be at least watchable and aside from some real turkey ( derail and second in command ) and they be . this movie have an easy enough plot to follow and van damme give a good and humorous performance through out but the movie owe all of it credit to the fight scene involve van damme and scott adkins and the final one of them together . the editing and camera work for most of the film be pretty terrible but isaac florentine can definitely film a good fight scene . i too be happy that van damme have be act well lately ( in hell and wake of death and until death ) but with the good acting come less martial art . in the shepherd and van damme prove that he still have it .