Director Sidney J. Furie has brought actor Dolph Lundgren to be deeply involved in the making of this movie, from the pre-production stages to the editing phase.
Inspired by the Rampart scandal, which refers to widespread corruption in the CRASH (or Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) anti-gang unit of the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) Rampart Division in the late 1990s.
At the beginning of the movie, a thug that Lundgren beats up can be seen wearing a Punisher t-shirt emblazoned with the famous skull design. Dolph Lundgren played the title role in The Punisher (1989).