Queen Latifah's first leading role in a feature film and also her favorite role of all time.
This was F. Gary Gray's second feature film. New Line Cinema selected him as the director following the success of his previous film Friday (1995).
To prepare for the role of Detective Strode, John C. McGinley worked with a retired detective from the LAPD.
In the first drafts of the script, the character of Stoney (Jada Pinkett) was addicted to crack. This was later written out of the script.
Film debut of Kimberly Elise. She was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she was a waitress.
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