In an online interview, Gary Daniels claimed that his onscreen fight with Steven Seagal was originally conceived as much longer and showier by stunt coordinator Steve Griffin. Seagal supposedly choreographed the fight himself on the day it was filmed, rendering it much shorter and one-sided.
Steven Seagal and Anthony Hickox disagreed on much of the film which eventually resulted in Seagal leaving the film.
One of the first films where Steven Seagal showed significant weight gain. In a Uruguayan press kit for the straight to video release of this movie, when it premiered at the local video store, Seagal is described as "His appearance is akin to that of the Butterball, a cenobite enemy from the film Hellraiser".
This is the second time Vinnie Jones and P.H. Moriarty have appeared together; the first was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).