This was the first Steven Seagal film released direct to video (although it did receive a theatrical release in some countries). After Half Past Dead (2002), all of his subsequent movies were released straight to video, although that trend was broken with Machete (2010).
Dr Wesley McClaren's assistant in his clinic is played by Steven Seagal's real-life daughter, Ayako Fujitani.
Steven Seagal shot this film in his backyard ranch
The film originally featured more action scenes but were deleted in the final version. Evidence of some of these sequences ended up being used on artwork for the home video releases (Seagal disarming a militia member) and a martial arts documentary released at the time.
This was the first film that the financing had been solely raised by Seagal/Nasso Productions after they split from Seagal's regular studio Warner Bros. Seagal/Nasso had gained funding for a handful of pics, most of which were to star Seagal, but the deal fell through when the relationship between Seagal and producing partner Julius Nasso collapsed. Other projects that were lined up for Seagal included 'Blood on the Moon" , where he was to play a man hunting the modern-day pirates who murdered his family, and "Black Top" where he was to play a high-end car thief.