The film starts with the picture way in the distance and it slowly approaches, making it appear as if the audience is in a subway tunnel.
Subway footage and sounds are mixed in with the production company logos shown after the end credits.
At the end of the opening credits, the director's name, Tony Scott, "follows" the train into the tunnel.
An exceptional co-production between Columbia Pictures and MGM, both logos usually appear at the beginning. However in this case a variation in the Columbia logo made the MGM logo appear at the end of the film, along with Escape Artists and Scott Free.