Revealing mistake: During the transport of the POWs by train (which starts about 26 mins into the film) the number on the side of the engine is visible as 719. About 3 mins (filmwise) into the journey it appears in mirror image. It appears they filmed the train moving from right to left, but throughout the film the train moves from left to right, so the film must have been reversed. It happens twice, the second time 14 min 24 sec after the first. (00:29:34)
Character mistake: When Eric Roberts' character receives his letter at the start of the film it says "congradulations." instead of congratulations.
Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, when Smart gets inside the phone booth, the doors are not fully closed, but the immediate close-up angle shows them fully closed.
Continuity mistake: Ann visits her mother's grave at the cemetery with her father, who wipes off snow from the mother's photo on the marble. Couple of minutes later, a new shot shows the photo covered in snow again.
Other mistake: Near the end of the movie there is a montage scene of acceptance letters being printed followed by the reactions of the various people who received the letters. Despite these form letters being sent on the same day the date on some of the letters is April 11, 1988 and the date on others say April 11, 1989.
Continuity mistake: When Banner changes into Hulk in the subway station, his beard is gone. When Banner changes back after his "Hulk-out" his beard is back. (00:16:00 - 00:18:00)
Deliberate mistake: When Belloq, Dietrich, and Gobler arrive next to the destroyed Flying Wing, Eric Zala is on Dietrich's right and Gobler on Dietrich's left. In the next shot, they have switched places. This mistake actually exists at the same point in Raiders of the Lost Ark - recreating it was a deliberate choice.
Revealing mistake: When the Russians are in the Finn's trench, you see the Finns stabbing the Russians. If you look carefully, on a few of the Russians you can see protection visible. (00:48:45)
Factual error: After the passenger door gets ripped off the Oldsmobile Toronado, a female voice is heard repeating that the "passenger door is ajar." While the Toronado was available with an optional Voice Alert system, the GM system used a male voice.
Revealing mistake: In the scene at the graveyard, after the Warlock assembles the Grand Grimoire and commands it to say God's true name, the fake headstone behind him starts to fall over. (01:33:02)
Suggested correction: Other headstones can be seen falling before this scene.
Other mistake: At the beginning of the film, there's no way Angela would possibly have been able to know the exact moment the girl would have been walking down the street and what she'd be wearing so she could be wearing the exact outfit.
Factual error: The song "Do You Wanna Funk?" by Sylvester, was released in 1982. However, the film uses this song in a dance club scene which the film identifies occurring on July 3,1981.
Character mistake: When the platoon is walking to the village the next morning after the firefight in the jungle the previous night Brownie is shown walking with no sleeves on his fatigues then later on right before he's shot and killed by the VC he's shown with sleeves on but rolled up when talking to Ericsson near the farmer in the rice paddy.
Continuity mistake: Barbara Carrera's Priscilla has shoulder long hair most of the time yet at one point she's sporting a ponytail that reaches her waist.
Revealing mistake: Obvious stuntman in a flame resistant suit when Eric's on fire.
Continuity mistake: When Tim gets stabbed, the killer's silhouette shows that he's holding his knife overhand. When he stabs Tim, he's holding the knife underhand.
Continuity mistake: Sammo Hung just left the bus to ride the bike with his cousin Jenny. They ride talking about Stallone and the USA, and the boxes of Nike shoes are tied to his bike differently when they arrive compared to when they started. (00:23:00)
Visible crew/equipment: Early in the movie Nancy visits Penelope. As she steps out of her car, the overhead microphone is visible in the front windscreen. (00:15:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mookie throws the trash can through Sal's window, the reverse shot from inside the restaurant reveals the main camera, in the lower left portion of the screen, moving in towards the window as it's smashed.
Other mistake: In the opening credits of the movie, actress Luana Ravegnini's last name is misspelled as "Ravagnini" (00:01:20)