This film is featured in the September 13th, 2022 episode of "The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery".
The helicopter used at the end of the film was rented for only two hours, so every scene involving the helicopter was done in a single take.
Franco Guerrero had to be rushed to the hospital after his appendix burst during the shooting of the scene in the film when his character is beaten up and tortured by the gangsters.