Sylvester Stallone said the following about the film when promoting Escape Plan 3 on his social media accounts: "Escape Plan 2 was truly the most horribly produced film I have ever had the misfortune to be in."
The film was shot in 20 days.
Steven C Miller was fired mid way through post-production.
The Icelandic hacker group Legion's leader, Count Zero, is named after the title character of William Gibson's 1986 work of the same name.