In an interview with Huffpost Live, Tom Arnold claimed that Steven Seagal fell into the water while filming a scene on his character's houseboat: Seagal had opted to shoot the scene without rehearsal and mistakenly exited through the wrong door, leading him to drop into the bay.
Eva Mendes (who called this a "terrible movie") said her dialogue in this film was entirely re-dubbed by another actress. Mendes says she learned of this when she attended the premier with her family and realized "...Something was wrong. Something was just off." She says the producer later explained to her that her voice was replaced because she "didn't sound intelligent enough." Mendes told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (1996), "A Steven Seagal film, and I didn't sound intelligent enough?!"
DMX did not enjoy working with Steven Seagal, describing him as a "dickhead." Despite this, years later he would work with him again on Beyond the Law (2019).
Joseph Billingiere served as the stunt double of Steven Seagal. According to Billingiere in an online interview, Seagal was adamant about casting him as his double, claiming he was the only one who could accurately replicate his movements. Seagal was "ready to shut down the movie" if Billingiere was not cast.
According to Stephen Quadros, the fight scene between Steven Seagal and Michael Jai White was not choreographed in advance; Seagal and White ad-libbed it during production.