Eva Mendes (who called this a "terrible movie") said her dialogue in this film was entirely re-dubbed by another actress. Mendes says she learned of this when she attended the premier with her family and realized "...Something was wrong. Something was just off." She says the producer later explained to her that her voice was replaced because she "didn't sound intelligent enough." Mendes told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (1996), "A Steven Seagal film, and I didn't sound intelligent enough?!"

In an interview with Huffpost Live, Tom Arnold claimed that Steven Seagal fell into the water while filming a scene on his character's houseboat: Seagal had opted to shoot the scene without rehearsal and mistakenly exited through the wrong door, leading him to drop into the bay.

Joseph Billingiere served as the stunt double of Steven Seagal. According to Billingiere in an online interview, Seagal was adamant about casting him as his double, claiming he was the only one who could accurately replicate his movements. Seagal was "ready to shut down the movie" if Billingiere was not cast.

DMX did not enjoy working with Steven Seagal, describing him as a "dickhead".

Steven Seagal hurt his knee during the car-jump-scene but kept shooting the movie.

According to Stephen Quadros, the fight scene between Steven Seagal and Michael Jai White was not choreographed in advance; Seagal and White ad-libbed it during production.

Filming in Toronto was delayed again when David Vadim was arrested and charged with committing a sexual assault on a wardrobe technician on the set.

The opening action sequence which was actually part of the re-shoots was inspired by similar action sequence from screenwriter Jeffrey Boam's rejected script for fourth Lethal Weapon film which he wrote in 1995, and which had main heroes of Lethal Weapon films, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, fighting against neo-nazi terrorists in L.A. Producer Joel Silver remembered the action sequence from the script and he was the one who decided to add it in Exit Wounds.

During filming in Hamilton, a van was being towed along a street upside-down as part of a chase scene; stuntman Chris Lamon and another man were supposed to roll safely out, but Lamon apparently struck his head, and died six days later. Todd Schroeder suffered a concussion in the same incident. The scene was re-shot with the van moving slower and the stuntmen placed differently.

Anthony Anderson joked that his main purpose in the film was to make DMX look good.

This was the biggest Steven Seagal opening in Box Office.

Michael Jai White and Steven Seagal first worked together in 1993, on a Japanese soup commercial.

Jill Hennessy said that delivering her lines in the presence of a pantless Steven Seagal was "tough."

Steven Seagal's last film to have a wide theatrical release.

Jill Hennessy said being in this film was "one of the best times in my life."

Steven Seagal hurt DMX's shoulder while training. He had to take a couple days off to recover.

DMX had a small part in director Andrzej Bartkowiak's first movie, Romeo Must Die (2000). His performance was a hit with audiences, so the studio made him one of the stars of this one.

This was Steven Seagal's return to movies after a three-year absence. It was a new Seagal - he slimmed down, updated his wardrobe, and ditched his trademark ponytail.

The bridge attack scene; with the Happy Face helicopter, was shot on the Centre Street Bridge in Calgary, Alberta. The 85-year-old bridge had been closed for close to a year for restoration when the Exit Wounds crew came to town, so there was much concern from nearby residents when things started blowing up on the bridge. About six months later, long after the bridge had been re-opened, there was a major controversy in Calgary when the producers requested the bridge be closed again for retakes.

The film's initial budget was $25 million, but over shooting and re-shoots blew the cost out to $33 million.

Andrzej Bartkowiak, Isaiah Washington, DMX and Anthony Anderson all worked together in Romeo Must Die (2000).

Anger management classes were filmed at Orde Street Public School in Toronto.

Fight choreographer Dion Lam designed different fighting styles for each character. On set, he covered everything from technique to the emotions you'd feel in a real-life shootout.

The actor portraying Shaun Rollins (Drag-On) is a rapper in DMX's rap group, Ruff Ryders.

This was Steven Seagal's first go at wire work in a movie.

Police corruption is also a theme in Steven Seagal's Nico (1988), Hard to Kill (1990), and Zum Töten freigegeben (1990).

The street that Boyd's truck is being stolen (attempted) is a one-way street, with traffic flowing in the opposite direction as shown in the movie.

DMX trained for six weeks in boxing, kickboxing, and wrestling for this role.

The film bares little resemblance to the novel it is based on by ex-cop-turned-novelist John Westermann.

The opening introduction to Steven Seagal and the opening gunfight on the bridge was re-shot to speed things up.

DMX said he knew men like his character Lattrell growing up in the projects in Yonkers, NY.

Orin Boyd asks a similar question to his captor as did James Bond (with the comedic retort and escape aftermath) James Bond 007 - Goldfinger (1964).

There is a Flashpoint - Das Spezialkommando (2008) episode with the same name. But, the plot of the episode doesn't share with the movie.

Strutt makes a comment, 'welcome to the inner sanctum'. Strutt is not old enough to remember the otr show of the same name.

Lt Mulcahy (Jill Hennessy) meets a similar fate to that of her character in Law & Order (1990) (Kincaid), where she is killed in a car accident. She was allegedly afraid to let her dad see the film since this one was even more graphic.

Body count: 38.