The U.S. Army refused to endorse or have anything to do with the film's production.
At the crime scene, when attention is called, Paul puts his hand over his heart instead of saluting, although he is in the military. This is because he is not in uniform.
Talking about the rape scene, director Simon West said, "The message is that rape is not sex, it's violence, so it has to be violent to show people that." That theme is what Leslie Stefanson, the actress who suffered through several scenes naked and bound hand and foot, tried to remember during the traumatic shoot. "It was horrible for me, but there was no way to avoid it," the actress explains. "I don't want to necessarily ever do it again, but an important message could be brought up by it."