Editing Exit Wounds (section)

==Production==
The film is based on the book of the same name by John Westermann. The book is set in [[Long Island]], New York, but the film moves the setting to [[Detroit]]. Seagal signed on to the film under a [[pay-or-play]] deal.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Variety Staff |title=Seagal enters 'Exit'; Downey eyes exit as well |url=https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/seagal-enters-exit-downey-eyes-exit-as-well-1117780054/ |website=Variety |date=30 March 2000}}</ref>

Filming took place in 2000 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]];<ref>{{cite web |url= http://torontoist.com/2009/06/reel_toronto_exit_wounds.php |title= Torontoist - Reel Toronto: Exit Wounds |date= 2 June 2009 |access-date= 2010-11-29 }}</ref> [[Hamilton, Ontario]]<ref name="hamfilm">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada |title=Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=2008-01-29}}</ref> and the [[Centre Street Bridge (Calgary)|Centre Street Bridge]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]. The club scene inside was filmed at Guvernment nightclub in Toronto. The exterior of the club was outside of Tonic nightclub in Toronto.

The film reunites actors [[DMX]], [[Isaiah Washington]], and [[Anthony Anderson]] with Polish film director [[Andrzej Bartkowiak]], with whom they first worked together on the earlier 2000 film ''[[Romeo Must Die]]''. It is the second of three films directed by [[Andrzej Bartkowiak]] and produced by [[Joel Silver]] that focus on [[martial arts]] based action in an urban setting with a [[hip-hop]] soundtrack and featuring many of the same cast. Two years later they collaborated again on the film ''[[Cradle 2 the Grave]]''.<ref name="storynotes">{{cite news |title=Story Notes for Exit Wounds |url=https://www.amc.com/talk/2013/11/story-notes-for-exit-wounds-2 |website= [[AMC Networks|AMC]] }}</ref>

Eva Mendes' voice was dubbed over by another, unidentified actress without her prior knowledge, as producers felt Mendes didn't sound "intelligent enough".<ref name="dailyshow">{{cite news |date=2013-03-27 |title=Eva Mendes |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-27-2013/eva-mendes |newspaper=[[The Daily Show]] |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref>

[[Dion Lam]] was the film's martial arts choreographer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Head |first=Steve |date=2001-03-15 |title=Interview with Exit Wounds Stars Steven Seagal, Jill Hennessy and Producer Joel Silver |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/15/interview-with-exit-wounds-stars-steven-seagal-jill-hennessy-and-producer-joel-silver |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>

===Accident on set===
Stuntman Chris Lamon died of head injuries on August 23, 2000, six days after a stunt went wrong on the ''Exit Wounds'' set in Hamilton, Ontario. A van was being towed along a street upside-down as part of a chase scene; he was supposed to roll safely out, but apparently struck his head. Another stuntman suffered a concussion in the same incident.<ref>{{cite news|title= Stuntman Dies on Seagal Film Set|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116101|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150217015018/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116101|date=August 28, 2000 |archive-date=February 17, 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>