The film foreshadowed Robert Patrick starring as the T1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) which has a similar plot to Future Hunters (1986).
After finishing work on this film, Robert Patrick starred in another post apocalyptic flick - Equalizer 2000 (1987).
Robert Patrick later starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) as a robot from a post-apocalyptic future who travels back through time to modern day Los Angeles.
The Nazi's helicopter is an Aerospatiele AS350 Ecureuil (Squirrel) which is now known as the Airbus H125. The helicopter Slade and Michelle took off after them and was blown up is a Bell 47G.