The Song during the film's opening is: Lo Fidelity Allstars Feat. Pigeonhed "Battle Flag" [Remix] - From the Album "How to Operate with a Blown Mind" (1998)
Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne were in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984) directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Reunites Barry Pepper & Cole Hauser who starred together in Like Dandelion Dust in 2009.