When the Receptionist calls Thomas to his appointment, she mistakenly calls him "Mr. Brado." This suggests that the reason he is not "in the computer" is a clerical error on the part of the job agency.
Scriptwriter John Strysik has stated that the last name of Stephen Rea's character - Bardo - comes from the Buddhist term for an intermediate or transitional state of being, and thus is a reference to the life-or-death situation Tom experiences.
Stuart Gordon's last film before his death on 24th March 2020.
A few of the actors were also in Stuart Gordon's previous film Edmond (2005): Mena Suvari, Russell Hornsby, Lionel Mark Smith and Jeffrey Combs.