Trivia: There is one error in the Tag Team race: the street is not that long. (I should know, because my dad works on that street.) In the movie, it took a little while to finish getting down that street which was unbelievable, especially at the speed they were going. In reality, if you were to race down that street from where they started (without turning back) it would take you an estimated eight to nine seconds.
Trivia: Regular players of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City should recognize the entire last 15 minutes of the film. The area where they change the cars, the place where they drive to get the money, the places they drive during the chase sequence, the bridges, lakes, islands, palm trees, buildings, the game is all mapped exactly on these areas seen in this film in Miami.
Trivia: When the cops are chasing Brian and Rome at the near end of the movie, you can see a close-up of a police-officer. It's Neil Moritz, the producer.
Trivia: The blonde girl that jumps down from the truck with the "Road Closed" panel is the same girl that seduces the detective in Verone's bar.
Trivia: The RX-7 that the Latino Racer drives is actually the one Dom uses to race in the beginning of The Fast and the Furious (minus the Spoiler). Accessing the DVD to "Animated Anecdotes" through Brian's Car turns this feature on and shows the trivia. (00:10:55)
Trivia: I'm assuming the Japanese tuning house "TRUST" sponsored the movie because we see on the cars "Greddy" stickers, which is trust's engine performance division. Brian also sports a bright yellow Greddy t-shirt through some parts of the film and the shot has been framed to have the Greddy emblem on his shirt in plain sight.
Trivia: When Verone is doing background checks on Brian and Roman, it shows Roman and has a random address at the bottom like Big Bank, 123 Easy Street. Also, it shows two different addresses on two different pages. (00:30:00)
Chosen answer: The detective was tortured because Verone needed a window of time without any police presence and the detective refused to allow it. The girl is just some random hottie that works for Verone.
Greg Dwyer