Trivia

After the release of this film, Franchise Pictures was in deep trouble. Their package of films -- this one, Get Carter, The Art of War, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Angel Eyes, Heist, City By The Sea and Spartan -- were box office failures. The only films to have any success were The Whole Nine Yards and The Boondock Saints, whose real success came only after being released on home video. There were major problems with Andrew Stevens and Elie Samaha in regards to the firm's finances, along with the other investors involved (the bank that had loaned Samaha the investment capital had given the firm $500 million as startup capital for the films). Stevens was not a part of this but Samaha was deeply involved with the fraud committed by these investors, which led to a major lawsuit. In 2004 Franchise was ordered by the US courts to pay $121 million in restitution, and Samaha was personally responsible for $77 million in damages for fraudulently overestimating the budget for all their film projects. See more