Chain of Command

President Jack Cahill

Special Agent Michael Connelly

Craig Thornton

Ken Fung

Iris

Agent Gary Phillips

Agent Burke

Wu

David Lehmann

Lt. Southern

Agent Ellroy

Ting

Admiral Harrington

Chairman Tzu

Meg Danforth

Cameron Ellis

Stephanie Ellis

Technician

Young Journalist

Michael Valdez (as Richard Yñiquez)

Flight Attendant (as Gianna LaMonica)

General Peterson (uncredited)

Connelly's Ex-Wife (uncredited)

Roy Scheider plays the U.S. President in both this film and the earlier movies "Executive Target" (1997) and "The Peacekeeper" (1997). All 3 movies went directly to Cable TV.

The shots of the ocean liner blowing up are stock footage from Deep Rising (1998).

The Nuclear Football is not an actual means of launching nuclear weapons. Rather, it contains the U.S. nuclear war strategy as outlined in the Single Integrated Operational Plan. The Football's true function is to allow the President to have the capability to decide upon a nuclear option in the event of a crisis. Furthermore, in the event that the President is incapacitated, or if his Nuclear Football is compromised in any way, the Vice President also has a Nuclear Football.

The distance traveled by the American and Chinese ICBM's in the final attack changes between shots.

US secret service agents don't carry the football as seen in the film. In real life, it is carried by a military officer.