Despite the film receiving generally negative reviews from critics, it was successful on Netflix, reaching the platform's Top 10 list in 93 countries. However this aspect of Netflix has been criticised in the past as having nothing to do with viewer popularity, rather what Netflix wants to promote at the time.
At 3:44, as they are scanning for Casca, the scanner displays "Reticulating Splines". This is an easter egg for a joke that started in SimCity 2000 (1993) and continued on through many Maxis games, including The Sims (2000).
In the establishing shots of futuristic Los Angeles there are several spinning structures resembling a DNA helix. These are real-life vertical axis wind turbines, called Darrieus turbines, used to harness wind power.
The film was primarily shot in a studio in Los Angeles, California, and features environmental shots of Shanghai, China, the UK, and New Zealand.
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