Nicolas Cage had committed to several pictures after the completion of his work on this film. To accommodate his limited schedule, some sets were recreated and built in different locations so no shooting time would be wasted.
The picture was shooting during the 19th September Coup d'etat. Nonetheless, filming only stopped for six hours. The Armoury department claim they fired the only shots in the coup.
The watch worn by Nicolas Cage's character, and in fact also endorsed by the actor, is a Ventura V-Tec Sigma W25-R1.
Nirattisai Kaljareuk, Thai drama's director and the executive of Kantana Group, a well-known TV and film production company, plays the main villain. In the 1999 version, the main villain was also the executive of a TV production company.