The film was shot in Glasgow in 1997. Numerous local stories have materialized since then, particularly that, at one point during production, Charlie Sheen demanded to visit Easterhouse, one of Glasgow's toughest areas at the time, to obtain drugs, and asked for a gun in order to protect himself.
It has been suggested that Charlie Sheen agreed to this film in an attempt to try more serious roles. It was also the first of several films that credited him as "Charles Sheen".
Was originally set to be shot on location in San Francisco before being re-located to Glasgow.
During filming, Charlie Sheen contacted a drug dealer in Easterhouse to buy cocaine. Instead, he was fraudulently sold amphetamines mixed with sugar for $2700 and £380.