The director said in a documentary that the story was originally about the soldiers burning down a temple to a snake goddess and years later a young Vietnamese child comes to the United States for revenge. The executive producer allegedly insisted on a Halloween type slasher film set on a yacht. This combined with repeated bad editing produced confusion.
Ultra low-budget, with a budget of $250K. No real wardrobe other than what appears to be military surplus for the war scenes. Some of the soldiers are wearing camouflage hunting gear and one is wearing a shooting vest.