Best action movie revealing mistakes of 2004

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow picture Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow mistake picture

Revealing mistake: On each of Sky Captain's hangar doors, the windows are broken in the exact same places, indicating the same window rendering was simply duplicated to make the others. (00:16:45)

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Revealing mistake: As the truck that Castle's wife is driving flips, you can see a burst of smoke or compressed air under the passenger side. Once the truck has stopped rolling, you can see a piece of U-channel bolted across the underside with a cylinder on the passenger side, which was used to help the truck roll over.

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Man on Fire picture

Revealing mistake: In the rave club, right before Creasy fires the sawed-off shotgun at the woman who's trying to hide, the part of the wall that will be blown out is visible (it's a patched-up circle). (01:28:30)

DBC

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National Treasure picture National Treasure mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Ben and Ian get the two different fingerprints from two different people, Mr. Ferguson [random security guard] and Abigail Chase, they are the exact same fingerprints. This can be confirmed on the DVD with pause and zoom. Moreover, the two scans show exactly the same emphasis/pressure on different regions within the print, with more light and detail on the left side and little in the center. (00:39:15)

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Hidalgo picture

Revealing mistake: After the swarm of locusts passes, Frank takes one and eats half of it. He then offers the other half to Hidalgo, but the horse knocks it out of his fingers and proceeds to eat something else hidden in his hand - presumably the real treat used to entice him.

Krista

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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid picture

Revealing mistake: When Bill sets the tribe's hut on fire, everything lights up instantly and within moments the whole thing is alight, although it takes longer than that for a whole hut that size to set in flames.

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Revealing mistake: When Jin is fighting in the prison, he kicks two guards into the walls of the stone hall. The one on the right of the screen hits the stone wall making it shake and a block move.

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Exorcist: The Beginning picture

Revealing mistake: After the power goes out at Sarah's hospital, she lights a candle. While she's walking along with it, it's obvious it's not made of wax. It looks like it's made out of plaster.

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Team America: World Police picture

Revealing mistake: When Joe blows up the Eiffel Tower in Paris at the beginning, it smashes into the Arc de Triumph which then shatters. But as bits of the building go flying off into the Seine River, they bounce off the hard surface, showing it to be plastic not water.

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Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation picture

Revealing mistake: When they fix the door, in the last few frames we see while the door is still moving up, the gear stops spinning in the "rail".

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Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse picture

Revealing mistake: At the end of the movie, where Commisar Niemans and his partner are in a firefight with a group of "angels", one of the bad guys is firing a Minimi machine-gun. When the camera zooms in, you can see that the weapon is fed with blank rounds.

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Around the World in 80 Days picture

Revealing mistake: When Fogg pulls the knife out of Passportout's buttock you can see that the knife is attached to something under his pants.

Mortug

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Mindhunters picture

Revealing mistake: After Jonny Lee Miller gets shot in the head, he slowly falls into the water, facing Sara and Gabe. In the next shot, he has turned towards the water. If you watch closely, you can also see him turn his head so he doesn't hit the face on the water surface. (01:34:15)

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Cellular picture

Revealing mistake: During Sergeant Mooney's second visit to the Martin home, he kicks over the fishbowl in order to divert Bayback's attention to him shooting at her. When she falls backwards after being hit, her arm pulls open her jacket and you can see that the blood spot was already there. (Go frame by frame) (00:58:10)

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Kill Bill: Volume 2 picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Pai Mei shows Beatrix the short punch through the timber, the hole he punched through it is not solid wood but a fake veneer, MUCH thinner than the timber that is shown. (00:53:40)

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Highwaymen picture Highwaymen mistake picture

Revealing mistake: After the El Dorado hits Boone's car and is just about to drag it, there is a quick glimpse of its front license plate. The letters are reversed, indicating that it is a flipped shot. (00:28:20)

ployp

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Walking Tall picture

Revealing mistake: In the opening scene, where Dwayne is standing on the boat, it shows he turned to his left. The next close-up, he is turning to his right.

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Kung Fu Hustle picture

Revealing mistake: At the start of the movie, when the axe gang leader is finishing off the now-one-legged man, you can see in his shadow that he's not hitting the man. Also, if he did hit, you should think that he'd have to pull out the axe blade again, but again in the shadow's arm movement, you see him move his arm in a circular movement, not hitting the victim.

pandalarve

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars picture Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When John uses Scorpius as a shield and takes cover in front of him, as John fires at the Tregans behind Scorpius, there are round black devices attached to the back of Scorpius' suit that are there for the gunfire special effects, which suddenly appear then disappear after.

Super Grover

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