Star Jeff Speakman signed a multi-picture deal at Paramount. One of the two of the two planned movies was a sequel to this film, and another script Paramount optioned about a cop fighting a terrorist. After the Paramount deal fell through, that script went on to Twentieth Century Fox and became Speed (1994).
A sequel was planned, but a change of regimes at Paramount meant it never came to be.
This title was the third and final part of Paramount Home Video's "3 to See" rental program, along with the August 1991 releases of He Said, She Said (1991) and True Colors (1991). It was their only release in the program for September 1991.
American Kenpo founder (and Jeff Speakman's instructor) Ed Parker auditioned for the role of Master Lo.
The black belt that Master Lo wears is American Kenpo founder Ed Parker's original first degree black belt.