Continuity mistake: Early in the movie when Thomas falls overboard, John Smith ties a rope around his waist (00:02:56) and jumps in after him. Thomas is very far away from the ship (00:03:12). But when the men pull John and Thomas up, John is holding on to the rope with one hand and the end is left dangling (00:03:36). One of the men who pulled them up then coils the rope with a mere two coils (00:03:48), not nearly long enough to have reached Thomas while he was overboard. In the same scene, when we are viewing the men pulling John and Thomas up from above (00:03:38) there is no extra rope at their feet as there should have been for such a long rope.
Continuity mistake: This is the car chase scene, where Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett are in a limo being chased by two bad cops in a pickup. Early in the scene, you have the view from inside the pickup when it rams the limo from the rear passenger side, and you can clearly see bullet holes in the glass and rear of the limo (no weapons fired yet). Then a few seconds later in the scene, you can see the rear of the limo with no damage. Moments later, you see one of the cops firing an automatic weapon, and subsequently witnessing the holes being made in the limo.
Continuity mistake: In one scene someone is smoking a DuMaurier Canadian cigarette which was taken from an American cigarette package.
Continuity mistake: When the girls call 'hello' to the butcher, he is standing in the doorway of his shop holding a cleaver with his assistant behind him. The angle changes and the assistant is now beside him and he has both his hands in his pockets.
Continuity mistake: During the heist, a police officer fires eight shots from a revolver which only holds six bullets, and he doesn't reload.
Continuity mistake: Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore are leaving the small town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, and they show the outskirts of the town as White Sands, when actually White Sands, New Mexico is about 2 hours away.
Continuity mistake: When Jimmy The Saint brings the cop to the "Man With The Plan" he starts yelling and one of the henchman raises his hand to Jimmy to stay calm and then he puts his hand down. The camera angle changes to a shot from the back and the henchman still has his hand up and Jimmy is saying his next line.
Continuity mistake: As Holly and Abe kiss through the cell bars, Abe goes from crouched, to straight-backed to crouched again.
Continuity mistake: When Po is killed by the NVA it is the middle of the night, Captains Cahill and Doyle are close enough to the village to hear the shots and rush back to the village but as they enter the village it is early dawn.
Continuity mistake: When the Colonel finishes talking to the General on the phone, he practically throws the phone into the army truck out of frustration. In the following shot, you can see the soldier in the truck with the phone in hand, as if it was calmly given to him, even as you hear the end of the "clunk" from when it was thrown. (00:52:50)
Continuity mistake: When the woman is on Mariner's boat, you can see that her dress strap is on her arm, but when the camera goes back to him and then back to her it is on her shoulder.
Continuity mistake: Becker is the last to go through the hatch into the NEB bunker, but when the camera switches to the view inside the bunker, Becker is seen already on the walkway while the others are still climbing down the ladder.
Continuity mistake: In the opening football scene, when Angus makes a tackle, the football clearly falls to the ground. In the next shot, however, it is seen soaring through the air.
Continuity mistake: When "Telly" and "Casper" leaves Telly's apartment, his shirt is white. In the next shot when it shows them walking to the park, his shirt is gray. (00:35:25 - 00:36:45)
Suggested correction: He changes his shirt at his house. You must have missed it.
Continuity mistake: Peter's hair position changes when he says the famous line, "Did you get butt-fuc**d in prison?" and after John replies "It only hurts the first time".
Continuity mistake: When Sister Helen is being pulled over for speeding, in the view through the rear view mirror, the cop car behind her is driving on the left side of the road, with the police officer driving in the right front seat, on a straight road with a solid center line. In the next shot, both cars are on the right side of the road, with the police officer sitting in the left front seat, on a curvy road with a dashed center line.
Continuity mistake: When JC is in the car with his friends, he says Chloe has no money and between shots his collar jumps from under to over the seat belt.
Continuity mistake: Glen Holland owns a Chevy Corvair throughout the film. The car at the beginning of the film is a 1961 model 500 (the base model with bench seats), but at the end of the film it is a 1964 Monza (the top of the line model, with bucket seats).
Continuity mistake: The first time they rehearse the scene with the dwarf, the bride and the dream. When the director is talking to the actors, they have a close up of the dwarf's head. The dwarf is tiny and in the close up of his face, he is facing forward. When they change to a long shot of them all, he is facing up. Why would the dwarf be facing forward anyway, when to get eye contact he would have to face up?
Continuity mistake: When John leaves the table to get a refill on water, over half his burger is left. When he comes around the corner to see that Thad is gone, both the burgers are too.