The first draft of 'Among Dead Men' was written in 1993 by James Richards and Peter West and was titled 'Rough Justice'.
The tail credits list three actors by the names of Rip La Foo, Narly Wingman and Max Mondo. They are all pseudonyms for the director James Richards.
During the nine months period of the making of the film, Avelino 'El Rico' Lescot kept is body weight under control by ingesting a special diet from the island of Tahiti mainly composed from 'Poison Cru' (raw fish), taro and rice. Coming straight from El pistolero del diablo (2007) where he was 112 kilos he actually lost 18 kilos for the part of 'Bobby Delgado' on Among Dead Men. He also went back to train is flexibility and strength doing extreme stretching, yoga and weight lifting beside is daily 3 hours marathon session of Outrigger Canoe in Open sea.