 The majority of the movie was filmed in Walnut, California on North Deer Creek Drive.The scene where Abel Turner comes out of the police station to talk to his partner and other police officers was filmed in Hawthorne, California on the corner of Grevillea Ave. & 126th St.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 44% based on 164 reviews, with an average rating of 5.45/10.The site's critical consensus reads, "This thriller about a menacing cop wreaking havoc on his neighbors is tense enough but threatens absurdity when it enters into excessive potboiler territory."