Initially, the film was going to be released theatrically by Warner Bros., who have a first look deal with Millennium Films, but after the film tested poorly, WB decided to pass. Sony picked it up as a direct-to-video feature.
At the end of the Movie, Bobby Z jumps into the water right behind the moving boat. He jumps into the white water stirred up by the boat's propeller and grabs the life vest tossed into the water. However, when he crawls onto the stern of the boat, the water is calm and the boat is not in motion.
Don Huertero: What such a woman fears is disfigurement. Look at this face. What Elizabeth fears is to be ugly. A deep scar from here to here. Perhaps with the blade of a dull knife that no surgeon, how ever skillful, could repair. You fear ugliness. Am I right Elizabeth?