Verbindungen

Car chase and explosion is edited from this other Andrew Stevens produced movie. The same stuntmen are credited for this film as well.

another Wesley Snipes film

Film Brain discusses the original

Footage of this movie is shown.

Open reference by a character.

Alpa Chino: "I'm suppose to jump out of this plane just like Wesley Snipes did in Blade and The Art of War?"

"This revelation lead to a lawsuit from Intertainment AG, a German company which had acquired the European distribution rights to Battlefield Earth as part of a packaged deal that also included The Art of War and The Whole Nine Yards..."

Title reference

Gail mentions the movie by name.

Maury Chaykin's police officer says, "I'm getting too old for this shit."