Corey Haim did most of his own stunts in the film.
78 black shirts were used in rotation for the rollerboys uniforms due to how sweaty they became during filming.
In the UK, this was the first film to have been released theatrically by First Independent, which was formerly Vestron UK.
Corey Haim and Christopher Collet had worked previously together, in the film Firstborn.
W. Peter Iliff, who penned the screenplay for this movie, describes it as follows: "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE meets BLADE RUNNER via LORD OF THE FLIES". Aptly enough, Iliff went on to create the short-lived television series BLADE SQUAD.