The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, and Joss Ackland.

The next night he breaks in again to return it; the boy named Mike (nicknamed "Mookie") finds Sam's campsite.

Corrupt developer Franklin Hale seeks to drive her off the land with the help of his lackey, Mr. Dunston, and the local sheriff, Lonnie Poole, who is dating her.

A town council meeting gets heated when another resident, Tom, refuses to sell his land to Hale.

Hale enlists the sheriff's department to hunt him down, so he leads them on a motorcycle chase and ultimately escapes, but returns to Clydie.

Running out of time and growing desperate, Hale and Dunston go to Clydie's house with guns and force her to sign over the land.

Producer Craig Baumgarten conceived the story a decade before its production from a concept by director Richard Marquand, who later collaborated with Joe Eszterhas on the script.

When seeking a project for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Baumgarten recalled the script and deemed it a suitable fit.

[3][4] On June 30, 1992, Daily Variety announced the $15 million film under its initial title "Pals" as part of a three-picture agreement between Columbia Pictures and Van Damme.

The tentative location was Santa Barbara, California, with an anticipated start date of April 1, 1992, aiming to precede the expiration of Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists contracts on June 30.

Filming extended to Occidental, California, for nearly a month, and concluded in Los Angeles, specifically at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.