Trivia

Wesley Snipes replaced Bruce Willis in the lead role of Detective Harlan Regis after Willis withdrew from the movie.

The official trailer for the film contained prominent scenes and dialogue that were removed before it was released in theaters. Among these excised items were: Wesley Snipes's Detective Harlan Regis character arrives at the White House via a helicopter at night; He then says the crime occurred "at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue--an address that changes all the rules"; and Daniel Benzali's Secret Service Director Agent Nicolas "Nick" Spikings tells Snipes, "You were born to become a chalk outline". These former scenes were cut when the filmmakers decided they were too over-the-top, not to mention, in the helicopter-arrival case, something that would never be remotely possible in real life. The scene between Snipes and Benzali was removed because it wrongly made Benzali look like an evil character and a major villain, when the film's story-line makes it clear he is an honest agent who is opposed to Snipes' presence because he feels it undercuts the Secret Service's job of solving the murder mystery.

Love scenes between Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane were some of the scenes which were cut from the film, apparently because it was felt that their characters interracial romance didn't work.

The quotation of former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) that National Security Adviser Alvin Jordan (Alan Alda) quotes says: "If I must choose between righteousness and peace . . . I choose righteousness".

The UK theatrical release version was distributed uncut and rated 15+. However, the English video and DVD releases were cut by four seconds to remove the neck-break in the kitchen fight sequence.