- The cellular phone that Charles Schine uses is a Nokia 6230.
- Metra, which operates the regional train system in Chicago, was paid $30,000 for advice and the use of some trains and stations for the movie.
- The movie was released approximately two months after the 17 September 2005 derailment of a Metra commuter train that killed two people and injured 80. Although no train derails in the movie, Metra tried unsuccessfully to get the title changed.
- The music video playing loudly on TV while Clive Owen helps his daughter study is "Trouble" by Pink.
- When Laroche (Cassel) goes over to Schine's house, he tells Schine's daughter in French: "Je m'appelle Laroche, comme une petite roche qui va bientôt baiser ton père par derrière". Translation: "My name is Laroche, like a little rock who will soon screw your father from behind." Then, he tells her that in English, it means: "My name is Laroche, it means a rock. Like the little rocks rolling down a river".
- The gun Xzibit's character uses is the Israeli-made Desert Eagle.
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- SPOILER: The film was originally titled "Sidetracked" as evidenced by the blue notebook LaRoche delivers to Charles at the end of the film.
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