Trivia: Cary Joji Fukunaga is the first American to direct an official Bond movie.
Trivia: Nicolas Cage has no speaking lines throughout the entire movie.
Trivia: The three victims of Michael found in the playground are wearing masks that look exactly like the ones from Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Trivia: Jax says that Cole beat Eddy Tobias in a fight. This is a reference to the creators of Mortal Kombat, Ed Boon and John Tobias.
Trivia: Alex Pettyfer's ["Liam"] real-life father, Richard, plays Liam's father "Ron" in the movie.
Trivia: The driver of the hotel van service taking the guests to their secluded beach is none other than the director M. Night Shyamalan. He has a speaking role in this movie as well.
Trivia: There is a post credit scene where the Baroness tries to convince Tommy Arishikage to join Cobra now that his grandmother stated he won't be leader of her clan. Tommy told Baroness to call him Storm Shadow since he has now shunned his birth name.
Trivia: "Infanticide" refers to a parent deliberately killing a child, either an infant or up to a one-year-old. The lesser-known general term "filicide" refers to a parent (or functional equivalent, such as step-parent) killing a child. Related terms wherein a family member kills another family member include "parricide" (a child killing a parent) and "siblicide" (obviously, killing a brother or sister).
Trivia: Ross' log-in on the laptop computer in the San Francisco library included a CAPTCHA (to discern a real person from a robot). The use of ONE word - in this case, "doug" - is called EZ-Gimpy. "CAPTCHA" is an abbreviation for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. (00:02:21)
Trivia: The creators and producers reportedly weren't too keen on the finished film, and have said that while an eighth film is planned, the franchise will likely go on an indefinite hiatus after it is released, as they feel the franchise became too stale, drawn out with too many sequels too quickly, and needs time to rest.
