In an interview Claire Danes complained about the conditions in the Philippines, heat, humidity, filthy, cockroaches, poor and disabled people. She subsequently was declared "persona non grata" by the Philippine government and barred from entering the country.
Banned in Thailand.
Filmed in the Philippines due to the unfavorable portrayal of Thailand. This involved converting a mental institute to the prison and changing street signs from English to Thai.
The film was not a success, failing to make back half of its $25 million budget.
Paul Walker has an uncredited cameo as one of the girls' boyfriend in the opening moments of the film. He's also in one scene later in the film visiting the girls in prison.