Trivia

Some statistics:

• Number of location shooting days: 24
• Number of cameras used: 8
• Number of extras used: 900
• Number of real LAPD Officers used as extras: 35
• Number of rounds of blank ammunition fired: 40,000
• Number of bullet hole squibs used: 5,000
• Number of blood squibs used: 100-150
• Amount of theatrical blood used: 10 gallons
• Number of police cars destroyed: 30

Scenes on the residential streets where the robbers tried escaping from the bank were filmed on the actual locations behind the real bank.

The Bank Of America in the real robbery is in North Hollywood, the one used in the film was a vacant bank in a strip mall in La Habra, California.

The physical appearances of the two robbers in real life are actually swapped in the film.

The film takes place on February 28, 1997.