 Was originally titled "Gale Force" under the Carolco studio. The  script concerned Sylvester Stallone (qv) fighting a band of  terrorists/thieves in a coastal town during a hurricane. Deemed too  expensive to produce (after investing roughly $2 million in script  rewrites and the original), the plug was pulled. The basic concept  was then carried over to this film with the same director  (Renny Harlin (qv)) and star (Sylvester Stallone (qv)) attached.