The abandoned city sets featured heavily in the film were the New York City exteriors built at Cinecitta for Once Upon a Time in America (1984) which by this point had fallen under disrepair.
In Germany this movie was presented as the third part of the "Bronx Warriors"-Series by Enzo G. Castellari.
The budget was so low that prop men kept rats that had died during filming and threw them at the actors.
Geretta Geretta said her roommate at the time, future script supervisor Dale Wyatt, was offered the role of Chocolate first but turned it down because the pay was so low. Geretta then took it when it was offered to her.
Riffed on Rifftrax by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame.