Quiz

The film is literally peppered with quotes from and references to many classic action movies. These include:

• Ispettore Callaghan: il caso 'Scorpio' è tuo!! (1971) ("Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?")
• Cobra (1986) ("You're the disease, I'm the cure.")
• The Untouchables - Gli intoccabili (1987) ("Never bring a knife to a gun fight")
• Apocalypse Now (1979) ("Terminate with extreme prejudice", "The horror!")
• Fronte del porto (1954) ("I could have been a contender!")
• Lo squalo (1975) ("Smile, you son of a bitch!")
• Nick mano fredda (1967) ("What we have here is a failure to communicate.")
• Arancia meccanica (1971) ("Yarbles!")
• Angel Heart - Ascensore per l'inferno (1987) ("Johnny Favorite")
• Il 'papa' di Greenwich Village (1984) ("Nothing hurts as much as you think it will.")

Other films referenced in the dialogue include La pantera rosa sfida l'ispettore Clouseau (1976), Passione (1939), Hamburger Hill - Collina 937 (1987), Driver, l'imprendibile (1978), Il mondo dei robot (1973), Predator (1987) and many others.

John Savage showed up on days that he wasn't working to watch this film as it was being shot.

Piper Curda was cast a week before shooting began.

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.