Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane were a married couple in real life at the time and had been married since 1985, but were later divorced in 1994.
Due to Christopher Lambert's popularity in Europe, the film was released theatrically first in the UK, Asia and Australia before being sent to the theaters in the US.
The film was a commercial success in Europe, where Christopher Lambert is a bigger draw, but flopped in the U.S.
The movie was originally going to be shot in San Francisco, but the producers found location shooting there too expensive and settled on filming in Vancouver.