In Cyrus's warehouse the arcade game Robocop can be seen. A parallel movie where the city is in chaos and anarchy looking for a beacon of hope.
Samaritan has numerous characters played by actors wearing makeup to give them the appearance of being heavily tattooed. Sylvester Stallone, who actually is tattooed over his chest and upper arms, wears makeup to play a non-tattooed character.
The city used in the opening monologue is Rochester, NY.
This is the first time in a film that we get to see Javon 'Wanna' Walton's boxing background put to use.