Debut cinema movie of actor and stuntman Richard Norton, debut film of costume designer Barbara Burgdorf and debut theatrical feature film directed by Eric Karson.
It cost approximately US $200,000 to blow-up "The Octagon" major arena and fortress set. This was cheaper and more cost efficient than dismantling and disassembling the gigantic construction and taking it away to the dump. According to the article "Prop Sets at the Dunes" at 'The Escape from New York and LA Page' website, "many prop buildings from the [overall] Octagon [movie] set survived and were used again".
During a car chase sequence, the off-white colored car hits the pursing red vehicle that is parked in its path. The next time we see them, both cars are undamaged and not touching each other.