After opening to poor box-office showings and scathing reviews, the film was largely forgotten. In June 2009, Zack Carlson, a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, happened upon a 35 mm print on eBay. Carlson had never heard of the film, but bought it for $35. In April 2010, Carlson screened the film at the Drafthouse, and it became wildly popular with cult film fans. More screenings took place in packed theaters. Drafthouse phoned Y.K. Kim about distributing the film. At first, Kim thought that the call was a cruel prank. Eventually, Kim realized that his film had become a popular midnight movie 25 years after its initial failure.
Opened in eight theaters in Orlando. Y.K. Kim spent millions of his own money to produce, promote and distribute the film himself.
One of the fight scenes was interrupted by police who thought the brawl was real.
Y.K. Kim was so popular in Orlando, Florida that the local government and law enforcement allowed him to film anywhere in the city without permits.
The two police officers who arrive at the scene of the brawl were real police officers. They were apparently so nervous that one of them points his pistol straight at his fellow officer's torso.