This film marks the directorial debut of Jim Rothman. His credits for the film are listed as: actor, writer, director, producer & executive producer.
A 2008 Mustang Bullitt was used for the filming of the driving sequence. At the time, the Ford Motor Company produced only 7700 units of this model, compared to the 100,000 units made annually of the Mustang. The car was created to pay tribute to the 1968 movie Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. The film is a favorite of Jim's. To pay homage to the film, Jim wanted to use that specific model for filming. Jim searched for months to find an owner that would allow him to use the car for filming. He even flirted with the idea of purchasing the car just for filming. Finally, he met Ben Macabee, a renowned stunt car driver, who owned his own Bullitt Mustang. Prior to filming, the race car company, Vortech supercharged Ben's car for free, in exchange for the publicity of their work in muscle car magazines. For the film, Jim used (at the time) the world's only supercharged 2008 Mustang Bullitt.
Prior to filming, Jim had never driven a car with a manual transmission. (The Bullitt is only available in manual) He rented a GT Mustang and practiced for several days. While practicing in a parking lot, the Los Angeles Police Department temporarily detained Jim on suspicion of drunk driving. When he explained he was merely learning how to a stick shift, the officers laughed, and let him go.
The scene where Jim's character Paul punches the elevator door closed was improvised. Due to filming constraints, the elevator could only be filmed from the front and the elevator had a long "closing" reaction time. Jim asked his 1st AD to stand out of frame and cue the elevator doors closed when he mimicked pressing the buttons. During one take, a delayed occurred. Jim punched the elevator panel out of mock frustration, and the improv was left in the film.
The film's budget, $25,000, allowed for the following: 2 RED ONE Cameras, a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, a 2008 Chevrolet Corvette, a borrowed 5 million dollar house, a messenger company, a 3 minute driving sequence, 5 filming locations, and nine full days of filming.