Trivia

The shipwreck partially buried in the desert appears to be the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen, a cargo ship that wrecked off Namibia's Skeleton Coast in 1909.

Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi were married until his death on September 14, 2009.

The movie has oft been likened to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981). This movie's Composer, Brian May, scored Mad Max (1979) and The Road Warrior (1981).

Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi appeared in Next of Kin (1989), Letters from a Killer (1998), and One Last Dance (2003). They also worked on Grandview, U.S.A. (1984).

Early film role of Arnold Vosloo, who appeared in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001).