Trivia: The 'stain on our country's history' line as Morgan Freeman used in the scalping scene is the same line as Morgan Freeman used in his role in 'lean on me'.
Trivia: The author of the short story this movie is based on (Garrett Murphy) had his name removed from all credits after seeing the movie for the first time. The story has nearly zero visible violence in it, unlike the ultra-violent film version.
Trivia: The name of the restaurant that's fronting for the sex dance club is a decent pun - Lo Kee Restaurant.
Trivia: In the DVD's deleted scene sections, we see what happens to Pamela Fitzgerald in the Halloween party - she is confronted by two policemen and she shows them what she has in the clear plastic tupperware, which contains the fingers of Trina. The police arrest her on the spot and take her away, leaving Sam and Brigitte to save Ginger.
Trivia: Judging by his looks, one would think Gary Oldman is paying homage to that Sean Penn's also somewhat 'offbeat' lawyer-characterization in "Carlito's Way".
Trivia: At one point in the film, a character is walking through the dressing room backstage of the theater, and you can see a "phantom hand" sticking out of the wardrobe hanging on the rack. To this day, this mysterious hand has no explanation, as there was no reason for it to be in the scene. Some like to think, given the nature of the film, the hand is of supernatural origins.
Trivia: In the scene where Shaft first calls Rasaan reminding him of owing a favour, the song playing in Rasaan's apartment is one by Sean Paul. Rapper Busta Rhymes (Rasaan) and Jamaican artist Sean Paul have featured on several of each other's songs.
Trivia: Wim Wenders made the movie in a real hotel in a rather run-down area in LA. Throughout the shooting he had to deal with unwanted extras interfering with the shooting. One lovely example is the scene where Skinner talks to Tom Tom in a car in front of a porn cinema, and a lady in red, who is seen in the background, all of a sudden puts her nose to the window to have a good look at Mel Gibson. (00:41:50)
Trivia: The provider of the shrieks, growls, and snarls of the velociraptors was a chihuahua.
Trivia: Patty Hearst plays Figit's mother which is interesting because the film follows a Patty Hearst kind of situation. A woman is taken hostage by rebels and after a while she joins them. Patty Hearst is a good friend of John Waters.
Trivia: Rustin Parr shows up in the movie. In the general store there is a man on the floor "fixing" the fridge. He doesn't move in his scenes and seems dead. The only time he speaks is in Chapter 15 after Kim says "Excuse me" and he says "I'm finished now" Rustin Parr was said to have walked into a general store after killing the Burkittsville 7 and saying the same thing. Also "The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr" by DA Sterns shows a picture of Rustin Parr played by the same actor in the movie.
Trivia: Director Takashi Miike is not a fan of sequels, as he feels they are usually just "more of the same." So when he was set off to make this sequel to Dead or Alive, rather than make it a continuation of the first film, he simply re-used the same actors as different characters in a different storyline. So the film is not a "true" sequel to the original, but rather a "spiritual" sequel to the original.
Trivia: Michael Cera's theatrical film debut.
Trivia: It's interesting to note that Isaac Hayes has a very minor role in the movie as the guy who notices the roaches in the food in prison. Ashton Kutcher, Kelso from That '70s Show, is also in the movie as the guy Rudy swaps clothes with to use him as a decoy and is credited as "College Kid."
