Both Peter Weller and Robert Patrick are best known for their roles as cyborgs, Peter Weller in RoboCop (1987) and Robert Patrick in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
The only other film written by Robert Sarno is Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985), made 10 years prior.
The unique special weapons used by the mercenaries in the movie are designed and created by the directors father. Carlo Rambaldi. Who was also a special effects genius who created E.T. and the aliens in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind to name but a few.
Muriel Ross's debut.