- Box-Office Bomb: On a budget of 52 million, it brought in only 37.7 million at the box office.
- California Doubling: The film was shot in Toronto, Ontario, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and other locations that look closely like New York City.
- Cast the Expert: The actors who portray the monks in the movie are real martial artists from the Sunny Tang Martial Arts Center located in Toronto.
- Creator Killer: This was the first and only feature film directed by Paul Hunter, who went back to music videos after its critical and financial beatdown.
- Dyeing for Your Art: Seann William Scott trained for three months and lost twenty-two pounds for his role in the film.
- Fake Brit: Strucker's English granddaughter Nina is played by Irish actress Victoria Smurfit.
- Fake Nationality:
- Chinese Chow Yun-fat as the Tibetan Monk.
- Czech Karel Roden as the German Strucker.
- He Also Did: The film’s writers Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris would later write the story of Kung Fu Panda 1.
- What Could Have Been:
- John Woo was originally going to direct. He's still credited as a producer.
- Heath Ledger considered the role of Kar but turned it down to star in Ned Kelly.
- Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez were considered for Jade.
- A video game tie-in
was development by Mucky Foot Productions for Empire Interactive but it was cancelled for unknown reasons, likely due to the film's underperformance.
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