The original cut of the film was shot for a few weeks in 1980 and was completed in 1981. In 1983, after Don Bendell had moved to Colorado with his new wife Shirley, he was able to secure a deal with Hollywood-based distributor Shapiro Entertainment to release the film, providing that he would shoot a new opening to make it more action-packed. This "new" version appears on all video releases of the movie.
The stuntmen in the fight scene at the park suffered from hypothermia after going through the rivers and its waterfalls.
The climactic car and motorcycle chase was filmed in and around Akron, Ohio. The Corvette was borrowed by a friend of Don Bendell's while the Trans Am belonged to Bendell, himself.
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Don Bendell wrote the script originally in 1976.