The film was directed by Christopher Cain, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and stars Emilio Estevez (who also wrote the screenplay) and Craig Sheffer.

But when Bryon starts dating Cathy Carlson and begins to act more responsible, Mark feels left out.

After the friends' mentor Charlie Woods suddenly dies and Cathy's brother goes missing, Bryon suspects Mark is involved.

After speaking with Hinton, who recommended he also play one of the characters, Estevez attempted to sell the screenplay, but studios were reluctant.

[6] Estevez found two Midwest producers interested in making the film and they succeeded in raising the finance.

One of them, Gary Lindberg, ran a production company that mostly made TV commercials, based in Minnesota.