Steve Zahn's haircut and physical appearance were designed to mimic those of actual police that he had seen and studied. The transformation was so effective that when Zahn and his brother went into a bar one night, people sitting near them moved away. Zahn's brother laughed and said "They think you're a cop!"
More than 400,000 bottles of soft drinks and beer were used as background scenery during the shoot-out in the warehouse.
Steve Zahn shaved his hairline at the front, to make his haircut look more square and authoritative.
The DVD has an alternate ending.
Earl's automatic pistol, "Earl, Jr.", is a Glock 17 converted to fire fully-automatic. Glock 18Cs, as it was meant to portray, have a rate-of-fire selector switch on the slide.