Best action movie continuity mistakes of 2014

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picture

Continuity mistake: At the Dam Hydro Plant Caesar throws Koba on his back and pummels him. Then they roll once to the right, which now puts Koba on top of Caesar. Yet a quick-cut to their faces shows they kept Caesar on top, still pummeling Koba.

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Suggested correction: It's Koba on top of Caesar in the first part of the fight. Caesar gets the advantage after the roll to the right.

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Continuity mistake: The scene where Artemisia is seeing Xerxes off into the desert for his transformation is a flipped shot, note the two moles on her forehead. (00:10:30)

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Hercules picture

Continuity mistake: Hercules is bitten on his right shoulder by wolves towards the end. As they escape the dungeon the bites can been seen on that shoulder throughout. But as soon as they escape the bites are no longer there.

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Ride Along picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where James and Ben are interrogating Jay at the pawn shop, watch Jay's shirt. It changes from green to black.

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Continuity mistake: Master Lui at his first appearance in the movie kills the traitor slicing his throat with burning tongs which he points right away at the eyes of the protagonist. Sammo Hung's grip on the tongs changes between shots. (00:11:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the monk hands to the King the seal, he's holding it in different ways between shots (his right index is on the front of the seal in close-up, together with the middle in the next). (00:11:05)

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The Prince picture

Continuity mistake: When Paul steals the Camaro, he pulls wires out from under the dash to hot wire it. But after he gets his daughter he suddenly has keys.

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Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie after sergeant has been shot, they are rushing him to the hospital. Watch the headrest of the passenger seat. It is in place, and then when he is getting in the car, the headrest is gone. Then, it is back in place again.

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Continuity mistake: When Nick is instructed to leave hotel room #700 Chord verbally tells him to "go outside and turn right." but the on-screen arrow points left and we see Nick turn left. (00:29:39)

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Continuity mistake: During the knife fight at the end, the position of Lance's hands on the German officer is changing instantly. (01:14:50)

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Continuity mistake: Near the end, Thomas is saddling a horse. He throws the stirrup over the saddle so he can cinch the girth. But he is interrupted by the presence of the witch he loves. Somehow, the horse has had its girth cinched and the stirrup is in its proper place, all without Thomas' help.

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Continuity mistake: The appearance/structure of the ground-level components of the well changes several times. In the first view, the unit is mostly gray and rusty with one vertical white pipe. When Ernest is pumping, half of the horizontal pipe is also white and clean. In the rear view, the vertical pipe is brown and rusty. Some mud spurts out of the spigot, but the spigot is clean, dry, and white in the front view. (00:05:10)

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Unbroken picture

Continuity mistake: In long shot where Lou is holding a railroad tie over his head it is turned long edge pointed up, then when the shot returns to a close up it is flat.

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In the Blood picture

Continuity mistake: Treat Williams is drinking a brown liquid from a glass (scotch?) while accusing Gina Carano of having something to do with his son's disappearance. Shortly afterwards, the liquid is a different color and the glass is much more full. (00:41:40 - 00:42:40)

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Continuity mistake: During the sniper shooting of Adrien Brody, you have both brothers standing outside of the bank door in the pouring rain. The rain is visible during this scene, but after the sniper shoots the suspect in the head and the Brody falls to the ground, during the closeup when the police move in, there's no rain drops on Brody. Hayden Christensen is still standing up with rain falling around him.

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Continuity mistake: When the kids are looking at the Stonehenge-type structures, the younger boy calls for everybody to come and see the hidden message. From the shot in front of the boy you can tell from his body position he's sitting up, however in the next shot from overhead, the boy is now lying down on the rock.

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever picture

Continuity mistake: Before Jesse's plate is placed on the table, the salt and pepper shakers are about a width apart. They are almost touching for a while, then back to being spaced apart. (00:10:20 - 00:11:00)

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