The film was shot in the USA in two cities: New York and Baltimore. 

Filming Locations:

The Building That Explodes

In the Movie

Scene where Simon Gruber blows up this building.

In Reality

The scene was filmed on one of the streets of Manhattan, New York.

The Payphone on the Corner

In the Movie

Scene where Simon gives John and Zeus a riddle they must solve in 30 seconds, or the bomb in the trash will explode.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the building with the payphone, which is the "72nd Street" subway station in New York.

Tompkins Square Park

In the Movie

Scene where John and Zeus run to another scene on Simon's orders.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in Tompkins Square Park, located in the southeast of Manhattan. The characters run past the "Temperance" fountain, a gift from the famous San Francisco dentist Henry D. Cogswell to New York City in 1888.

Stadium

In the Movie

Scene where Zeus goes to the stadium instead of John.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at Yankee Stadium in New York.

School

In the Movie

Scene where The school where Simon planted a bomb to distract all NYPD officers.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in New York, at the Washington Heights Elementary School.

Helicopter Crash

In the Movie

Scene where John kills Gruber in the helicopter with an electrical wire.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at a parking lot near an industrial-office complex, next to a truck parking lot in the suburbs of Baltimore, heading towards Washington.

Street

In the Movie

Scene where John and Zeus are stuck in traffic near a fountain.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the southern part of Central Park in New York.

Intersections

In the Movie

Scene where John must wear a sign saying "I hate niggers" in the center of Harlem, or Simon...

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the intersection of West 175th Street and Audubon Avenue, near the George Washington Bridge.

Audubon Avenue and West 176th Street (Comedic Street Sign Trick)

In the Movie

Scene where swapped street signs are used, creating a deliberate mismatch between what the sign says and the actual intersection shown in Washington Heights.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in the Washington Heights grid area, where Audubon Avenue intersects with West 176th Street, a residential corridor with typical Manhattan housing stock and corner sightlines that make sign changes noticeable on camera.

LaGuardia Place and Bleecker Street

In the Movie

Scene where a running scene is filmed along this block with visible spectators gathering to watch the main characters move through an active Manhattan neighborhood rather than a controlled studio environment.

In Reality

The scene was filmed in the Greenwich Village/NoHo area near New York University. This intersection is in a dense urban fabric of low- and mid-rise residential buildings with a constant flow of students, making it a practical corridor for chase filming.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Exterior)

In the Movie

Scene where the approach and exterior actions related to the gold storage plot use the building's imposing appearance, with producers noting that interior work in the actual facility was prohibited.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the Financial District buildings on Liberty Street. The fortress-like exterior of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York serves as a convincing backdrop for high-security footage, with narrow streets and heavy stone architecture.