The film was shot in a mere 48 days, through 17 cities spread over 3 continents, and all for the relatively low budget of $22 million American.
According to Guy Pearce, who plays FBI agent Roy Clayton, the conflict depicted and denounced in the film is due to lack of communication between the different branches of the American government post-9/11, particularly the CIA and the FBI, with each agency trying to supplant the other.
Co-writer/director Jeffrey Nachmanoff met with several intelligence professionals, political observers and other specialists to make his script as realistic as possible.
Co-writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff was eventually asked to direct the film after the original director dropped out.