The film was originally titled The Jade Jungle before the name was changed to Forced Vengeance during production.

With a budget of $5 million, this was Chuck Norris's biggest budget film up to that point, and it was produced by a major studio, MGM.

The film was shot on location in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau.

Director James Fargo was a former collaborator (alumnus) of Clint Eastwood.

A critic for BoxOffice noted that the presence of MGM veterans Tom and Jerry was the sole indication that the film was actually an MGM production, given its otherwise grainy, low-budget look reminiscent of Chinese martial arts films.