The movie was conceived, shot and edited in 12 hours. It was made for a three-minute film competition that director Nicholas Zebrun found about the day before the deadline. Zebrun, David Sowden and Samuel Threatt where all supposed to hang out that evening, so Zebrun decided to find a film project that could be shot and edited quickly in one night. They got together around 8 p.m., went through a series of ideas, found the ransom plot to be the best, contacted Leilani Taylor, and started shooting. After completing the shoot somewhere around 1 a.m., Zebrun and Sowden spent the rest of the night editing. They finalized the cut at 8 a.m. the next morning and drove to Dallas to hand deliver the tape for the contest. The film went on to gain honorable mention.
Even though it appears that the Hero and the Villian both have different guns, it's actually the same prop gun being alternated between the shots.
After completion, there were ideas to expand the film into a longer 15-20 minute thriller by fleshing out the back-story of the characters. Instead, the writer's conceived the film's sequel - Midday Ransom (2005).