Seen as a loose remake of The Defiant Ones starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis
References Tina, la verdadera historia de Tina Turner (1993), which also starred Laurence Fishburne.
The Blue Flame strip club does exist as an Atlanta hot spot yet the scenes of the girl stripping were actually shot in a different strip club named Strokers which is located on Brockett Road in Decatur, Georgia.
The Zesto restaurant pictured in the scene after the shootout at Puffys massage parlor is located on the Moreland and Euclid Avenue thoroughfare situated at the intersection and is a popular Atlanta art, music, and shopping district.
Cora's loft is located in the Miraposa loft building which was transformed from a dilapidated brick masonry warehouse that stood there before it.