The film was banned in the UK until 2001 for its graphic violence (mostly for its very real animal violence) and was once one of the infamous 72 "video nasties".
Filmed in Sri Lanka.
Antonio Marsina looked so much like Helmut Berger at this point in his career that the box for the DVD of this film even mistakes Marsina for Helmut Berger. Helmut Berger does not appear in this film.
As a pre-teen, screenwriter Max Brooks said he used to sneak out of his room at night to watch this on HBO.