While riding in the sled which will transport him into the future, Jean-Claude Van Damme takes out a stick of chewing gum called "Black Black", a brand of Japanese gum. During 1994, Van Damme appeared in television commercials for "Black Black" chewing gum in Japan.
Director Trademark: [Peter Hyams] a character named Spota.
The film is based upon the Dark Horse comic books series of the same name.
In the fight scenes in the last act of the film, Jean-Claude Van Damme's stunt double was used to create the illusion of the younger Max Walker. This was also done for Ron Silver's character of Senator McComb.
The scenes where Jean-Claude Van Damme and Ron Silver are in their respective cars, were actually shot on blue screen and then have the White House and D.C. backgrounds added digitally in post-production.
Max's futuristic-looking wristwatch is a stock Casio model DW-400.