Best crime movie deliberate mistakes of all time

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The Double picture

Deliberate mistake: The agent is entering the office approaching his desk where a computer sits with the screen on depicting classified material. Computers left unattended go dark after x amount of time. This computer being in a federal FBI building should be logged out of and not open for everybody to see. (00:19:00)

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A Kind of Murder picture

Deliberate mistake: It is unlikely that Kimmel shoving/ramming the beer bottles on the table using his dish and piece of steak in his right hand would shatter the beer bottles into such small pieces (or at all) like he did. (00:36:55)

KeyZOid

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Fast & Furious 9 picture

Deliberate mistake: During the chase with the mega magnet that attracts humongous armored trucks and all metal objects, surprisingly the people's watches, rings, jewelry, keys or belts don't move a single inch, thus allowing everyone to remain steadily on the ground instead of flying towards Dom's magnetized car. This allows for the hero to avoid killing innocent people, but it's all totally senseless.

Sacha

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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol picture

Deliberate mistake: Proctor and Harris were surprised when they walked into the Blue Oyster and found out it wasn't a restaurant, but in Police Academy 2, Proctor apparently knew not only the bar, but the address as well.

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The Batman picture

Deliberate mistake: At the end of the car chase with Penguin Batman's car drives upon a ramp at high speed before the explosions occur but his car only appears flying through the air and landing 15 seconds after the explosions. That's quite a long jump. (01:23:33)

lionhead

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Bad Boys II picture

Deliberate mistake: During the car chase in the Cadillac, the van being chased crashes through a concrete block wall. Even if you can look past the unlikelihood that the van would even be drivable after going through, it is impossible that it would come through without any damage. Surely the windshield would be cracked, the headlights broken, etc. This was obviously not done with a real brick wall and they didn't think to damage the van before running it through the wall. They do show a dent and a messed up grill in a closeup later, but the damage doesn't match the wall scene. (01:02:10)

zephalis

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Fracture picture

Deliberate mistake: When Willy's fellow prosecutor, Norman, dropped the Crawford preliminary hearing on him, they said it started at 15:00. Willy is in a rush and the whole ordeal takes him just a few minutes. Still, when Nunally accosts him in the parking lot, the movie sped things up; it's nighttime. (00:27:00)

Sammo

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The Virtuoso picture

Deliberate mistake: The Virtuoso (up several stories in a building) would not be able to hear what the boy and his mother across the street were saying. The boy even started to say "Hey, mom" when he was still exiting the building. (00:11:41)

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XXX: State of the Union picture

Deliberate mistake: It's a really fun visual, but when the bad guys enter the kitchen and get swarmed by African-American waiters in white tuxedos, one can't help but wonder how it could be that Darius was almost the only waiter on the floor up until a moment before - there were a couple others, mostly white dudes, while now we see about 20 people, all of color, coming out at once. The disproportion is huge, it's not like dinner is being served. (00:39:30)

Sammo

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Transfusion picture

Deliberate mistake: Ryan was cooking venison (deer meat) in a pan over hot coals. He speared a piece with his knife and held it up for his young son, Billy, to take, which Billy did with his fingers. But did not get burned or show any signs that the meat was hot. Billy was even able to take a bite of the meat. The meat could not have cooled off that fast, even outdoors in jacket-wearing weather. (00:07:04)

KeyZOid

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Sister Act picture

Deliberate mistake: When the nuns sing for the first time in the church in perfect tone then break into the dance version of the song, the reverend mother acts like it's the first time she has heard it. In reality, she would have heard the rehearsals as the convent is very quiet and you can hear the choir rehearsing when she tells Deloris she will join the choir.

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Suggested correction: She may have heard it, but never seen it. What startled her were the moves.

lionhead

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The Take Down picture

Deliberate mistake: The front passenger's side mirror [driver's side is on the right] is parallel to the screen/camera yet there is a perfectly clear image of the passenger's face looking into the mirror. (00:00:38)

KeyZOid

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Deliberate mistake: The driver's side mirror would not be able to capture the view of the store that Monique is robbing - the mirror is slightly angled towards the rear of the car, plus Arthur's car is parked too close across the street. (00:00:33)

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Deliberate mistake: One of the bodyguard's rifle which is a Sig model SG553 only has a front sight and no rear sight. The rear sight can easily be attached to the Picatinny rail. Such a rifle is only good for up close instinctive shooting, anything at distance is spray and pray. (01:39:00)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles picture

Deliberate mistake: When Casey is hiding behind the boxes waiting to knock out a Foot soldier and steal his outfit, you can see he is still wearing his denim vest. After he knocks out the Foot soldier, he is able to put on his entire outfit in roughly three seconds. (01:10:15)

Phaneron

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Nick of Time picture

Deliberate mistake: In one of the scenes where Johnny Depp goes into the bathroom (specifically, when he changes clothes with the other man), Christopher Walken's character looks under the stall. The camera then shows the legs and crotch of a man sitting on the toilet, who still has his boxers fully on, but his pants are down.

the_better_nacho

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Suggested correction: That man was not actually using the toilet. He was posing as Watson (Depp) so that Walken would think he was in the stall the whole time.

jshy7979

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Rear Window picture

Deliberate mistake: How does Lisa appear resplendent in that perfectly smooth wrinkle-free negligee when we saw it earlier all stuffed into her overnight bag?

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