Junior is played by the son of writer/director Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Actor Arnold Vosloo, of THE MUMMY fame, filmed many scenes as one of the detectives after Gibson and all his scenes and his story-line were deleted. The deleted scenes can be seen in it's entirety on the DVD deleted scenes menu.
larenz tate who plays lucky, also appears in menace II society 1993 which was his first film debut