Wissenswertes

General Commander was originally envisaged and marketed as a television series following "a top secret, rogue international paramilitary unit that fights major criminal organisations in a bid to stop World War III", based on a screenplay by Philipe Martinez and Bey Logan and produced by SPI International and Saradan Media. The series would have had nine episodes each with a runtime of 45 minutes.

While shooting scenes for General Commander, lead actor Steven Seagal also redid some scenes in the film Attrition that was also set in the Philippines.

Filming lasted a total of two weeks, however this was interrupted briefly due to friction between Seagal and the then novice actor Markus Ramirez, who refused to work with "someone who requires a body double for his walking scenes" and vacated the set. This marks Seagal's eleventh Film where editing lasted longer than actual filming.

Seagal insisted that the cast and crew refer to him as Mr General Commander at all times, he explained this would help him stay in character. However this did little to help him as he kept forgetting his lines and even the name of the movie he was making.

During the making of this movie, producer Philipe Martinez went bankrupt and offered to pay Seagal's meager salary with free meals at the local McDonalds joint whose owner supposedly owed Martinez some favors (when the guy's son was beaten at school, Martinez thugs found the responsible and beat them almost to death). Seagal enjoyed free meals for a total of two weeks, a period during which he angered the whole staff who got back at him by spitting in his sandwiches. Two weeks was the time it took to film this movie, but Seagal went on to appear daily at the place, which made the owner go insane, and resulted in him pulling a knife at Seagal. Martinez settled the matter by sending two local thugs to pay a visit to Seagal. The actor never bothered the McDonalds joint again.