Don't Mess with Grandma

On the last day of filming, Michael Jai White asked the writer/director what inspired him to make Sunset Superman. The director said he was a massive fan and wrote it specifically for him because he was heartbroken by the downfall of the He Never Died series. As a catharsis, he wanted to see "Michael Jai White punch as many people as possible in 80 minutes." He longed to capture a style akin to John Carpenter's "Big Trouble in Little China," while Jai White, unaware of the writer/director's intentions, used Kurt Russell's Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China as an inspiration for JT.