* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/BrunoLawrence was known for playing working-class roughs; he does a good job as a quiet, introverted, tormented scientist, but it isn't a role he would've been expected to play.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In the early 80's, New Zealanders were having a lot of issues with the United States, which is why the US is the BigBad responsible for everything that happens in the film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Supposedly Creator/JackNicholson was offered the part of Zac Hobson, and was willing to do it but wanted more money than the producers were willing to pay.
----