The character of Vadat was originally named Jenkins, but the actor Amir Talai requested it be changed, and suggested the name of his friend Pej Vahdat.
Cabe uses a robotic arm to take out one of the hostage takers. The arm looks very much like the T800 Endoskeleton arm from Terminator. Robert Patrick, who plays Cabe Gallo, was in Terminator 2: Judgement Day as a more modern version of a killer robot, the metal liquid T1000.