Trivia

Gerard Butler was going to star and produce the film when it was first optioned but he dropped out.

The Bricklayer is based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Paul Lindsay under his pen name Noah Boyd.

Arctic blue gin-sign is seen in a fighting scene. This is not the first time Renny Harlin promotes Finnish made beverages in his movies.

Tim Blake Nelson and Ori Pfeffer previously appeared in the movie Angel Has Fallen (2019) together.

Renny Harlin: [Finland] Second second assistant director Luukas Harlin, the son of Renny Harlin, can be briefly seen in the social media photo. His character is listed as "Marcus Selin", referring to Harlin's old friend and associate Markus Selin. The photo in the film has 2.5k "likes" and 1.1k comments.