As Herself: Ewa Drzyzga, back then a well-known journalist, playing herself as a news reporter.
All-Star Cast: Pretty much all male roles are played by actors who were big shots in the 90s Polish film scene, even if their role was just a cameo.
Backed by the Pentagon: The film received support from the Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration and (now defunct) military units under its command. This allowed to significantly decrease production costs, as all the gear on screen was just military surplus, borrowed for the production.
Breakaway Pop Hit: Two. If that wasn't weird enough, neither is used in the actual movie, not even during credits, but both are included on the soundtrack:
Budka Suflera provided a lyrical "Demony wojny", which was extensively used when promoting the movie itself. After the band members had a fall-out two decades later, their former singer re-recorded the song on his own, creating a three-sided copyright battle, but mostly just making it hard to play the original on the radio.
California Doubling: It was mostly filmed in the Polish Tatra mountains, which shows at times if you are familiar with them. The base is located next to Ogrodzieniec Castle, one of Poland's most famous and iconic castle ruins.
The Cameo: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, who easily outshined half of the cast in terms of fame in Poland, as the Polish Minister of Defense. He's in exactly two scenes.
Fake Nationality: Nicole is played by Aleksandra Nieśpielak, a Polish actress. A few of Skija's men are played by Polish extras.
No Budget: Although you might never figure it out. Despite all the hardware involved and All-Star Cast, the film was shot on a miniscule budget of 1 million złotych, which was less than 300 thousand dollars back in 1998.
Production Posse: Władysław Pasikowski, the director, had previously worked with most of the cast members, many of whom had played in at least three of his films by then. This was another thing that allowed him to keep the budget at the bare minimum.
This was the very first Polish film to be released on DVD.
", which was extensively used when promoting the movie itself. After the band members had a fall-out two decades later, their former singer re-recorded the song on his own, creating a three-sided copyright battle, but mostly just making it hard to play the original on the radio.