9. Chuck Norris made this film honor of his brother.
He made this film to honor his brother Wieland Norris who was killed in Vietnam in 1970. This film must have brought back some memories.
8. The role of Tuck was offered to someone else but they turned it down.
William Sanderson was offered the role but he declined. It’s not known if he had another project going or just didn’t want to do it.
7. This was the first of a five-film contract for Norris
He made a million dollars per film over the duration of his contract. That seems like very little at this point but back then that was a great deal.6. The Vietnamese soldiers are seen using a Chinese-style assault rifle.
During that time it’s been stated that technology was swapped and easily exchanged between the two countries.
5. Norris other brother was the stunt coordinator for this film and the one before it
Aaron Norris went uncredited for one of the movies he did the stunt coordination for and went on to direct the next movie.
4. This Film had more action in it than the previous one.
That’s a big part of why it was seen as the first movie and the one before it became the prequel. The producers wanted to back the winning movie.
3. Ernie Ortega starred in a movie that parodied this film.
Ortega starred in a film called No Blood No Surrender, which parodied the prequel. It came out one year after the prequel and two years after this film.
2. The cabs in the movie are 68′ Toyota Crown Sedans.
Some folks want to know just what kind of cars they’re using in movies so this was a pertinent fact.