A lot of the scenes were shot in Bulgaria. In particular, the school in the movie is the American College of Sofia.
The fourth time one of Van Damme's films has the word 'Death' in the title, after Death Warrant, Sudden Death and Wake of Death.
Scott Adkins was offered to play the character "Van Huffel" but he could not sign to play this role because of other commitments. He was replaced by Adam Leese.
Ringo Lam was offered to direct the movie but declined because of creative differences with the producer.
Originally Nick Ingman was hired to orchestrate and conduct the score but due to some rescheduling issues it became necessary to move his recording session from Dublin to London to record in the Abbey Road studios. Because of other commitments at the revised recording time, Ingman had to be replaced by another conductor, Nic Raine.