He is three weeks away from taking early retirement and his final job is to train his young female replacement Allison Lowry.

After being left a newspaper with his characteristic headline circling, he is convinced the case of kidnapping is connected to a paroled sex offender he's monitoring and he takes it upon himself to find the victim at all costs.

Errol is eventually forced to leave the department early due to his relentless interrogation of sexual offenders and occasional vigilante actions against them.

In August 2005, it was announced Richard Gere would star in The Flock, the English-language debut of Andrew Lau with producer Philippe Martinez fully financing the film's entire $35 million budget.

In the United States, it premiered April 11, 2008, at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, before being released on DVD on May 20, 2008, by Genius Products.