The lead character's name, Hoshino, was the nickname Don Wilson competed under exclusively when kickboxing in Japan.
During the final warehouse fight a lookalike of Jean-Claude Van Damme appears and is quickly dispatched by Hoshino. This was done as a joke about the supposed rivalry between the real life actors and Don Wilson's repeated challenges to Van Damme to fight him for real.
Originally, Chris Penn had been set to play Hoshino's L.A. partner; however, he was doing another movie, so the script was changed to cast a female partner (Farrell), bringing a love story element to the film.
An HBO premier.
Steve Burton filmed Cybertracker 1, 2 and Red Sun Rising with Don the Dragon Wilson.