The film is literally peppered with quotes from and references to many classic action movies. These include:
- डर्टी हैरी (1971) ("Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?")
- कोब्रा (1986) ("You're the disease, I'm the cure.")
- The Untouchables (1987) ("Never bring a knife to a gun fight")
- Apocalypse Now (1979) ("Terminate with extreme prejudice", "The horror!")
- On the Waterfront (1954) ("I could have been a contender!")
- जॉज़ (1975) ("Smile, you son of a bitch!")
- कुल हैंड लुक (1967) ("What we have here is a failure to communicate.")
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) ("Yarbles!")
- कुदरत का करिश्मा (1987) ("Johnny Favorite")
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) ("Nothing hurts as much as you think it will.")
This movie was initially going to be filmed in White Sands, New Mexico.
George Fuller was written as a much harder character in the script.