star rating represent saturday night friday night friday morning sunday night monday morning former new orleans homicide cop jack robideaux ( jean claude van damme ) be re assign to columbus and a small but violent town in mexico to help the police there with their effort to stop a major heroin smuggle operation into their town . the culprit turn out to be ex military and lead by former commander benjamin meyers ( stephen lord and otherwise know a jase from east enders ) who be use a special method he learn in afghanistan to fight off his opponent . but jack have a more personal reason for take him down and that draw the two men into an explosive final showdown where only one will walk away alive . after until death and van damme appear to be on a high and show he could make the best straight to video film in the action market . while that be a far more drama orient film and with the shepherd he have return to the high kicking and no brainer action that first make him famous and have sadly produce his bad film since derail . it nowhere near as bad a that film and but what i say still stand . a dull and predictable film and with very little in the way of any exciting action . what little there be mainly consists of some limp fight scene and try to look cool and trendy with some cheap slo mo or speed up effect add to them that sadly instead make them look more desperate . be a mexican set film and director isaac florentine have try to give the film a robert rodriguez or desperado sort of feel and but this only add to the desperation . vd give a particularly uninspired performance and give he never be a robert de niro sort of actor and that can not be good . a the villain and lord shouldn not expect to leave the beeb anytime soon . he get little dialogue at the beginning a he struggle to muster an american accent but get mysteriously well towards the end . all the support cast be equally bland and and do nothing to raise the films spirit at all . this be one shepherd that stray right from the flock . .