Trivia / Blue Steel

• Channel Hop: The film was originally set to be released by Vestron Pictures and its offshoot label Lightning Pictures but ultimately acquired by MGM due to Vestron's financial problems and eventual bankruptcy at the time. The rights to the film have since reverted to Vestron's successor Lionsgate.
• Hostility on the Set: Jamie Lee Curtis was often at odds with Kathryn Bigelow.
• Playing Against Type: Clancy Brown takes a rare turn at being a good guy.
• What Could Have Been: Alec Baldwin, Jeff Bridges, Andy García, Richard Gere, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Keaton, Stephen Lang, Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick, Ron Perlman, Tim Robbins, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis were considered for Eugene Hunt.

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