Bad Boys

Continuity mistake: The taxi leaves the scene with a left turn. You can see it is missing the front hubcap on that side, but it was in its place just moments before; no further crashing happened. (01:37:25)

Sammo

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Suggested correction: The taxi's front left hubcap does not suddenly go "missing" between two shots. The reckless taxi hits the median island (sparks in this shot), hits three metal trash cans, and slams into a car. It's quite plausible to accept that, due to these jarring impacts, the left hubcap is jostled loose; so during Martin Lawrence and Will Smith's iconic close-up shot, there is sufficient time for that hubcap to fall off while the taxi is off-screen.

Super Grover

I never said it was from consecutive shots, just that there were no other collisions. It didn't look loose in the slightest after all the collisions you mentioned. The last time we see it on screen, it is actually hidden by a fender that is not supposed to be there because of another mistake already reported, so we could say that is part of that other mistake, if anything.

Sammo

Even though "there were no other collisions" that occurred, within the scene it's a reasonable possibility the hubcap could have been loosened by all the impacts from moments before. And the problem with stating "it didn't look loose in the slightest" after all the collisions is that a loosened hubcap can sometimes be completely unnoticeable visually while the vehicle is in motion. The hubcap could have fallen off as it's driving away, while off-screen (blue fender shot notwithstanding).

Super Grover

Other mistake: Near the end of the movie, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are in a Porsche catching the bad guy. The whole time Martin Lawrence is driving, BOTH hands are on the steering wheel. Now most of us know that Porsches have a manual transmission, so shouldn't Martin Lawrence be switching gears during the chase?

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Suggested correction: Hopefully someone else can confirm, but it appears that from around 1995 onwards some Porsche models came with an optional 'tiptronic' automatic transmission.

david barlow

It was Michael Bay's own personal car used in the movie, a manual transmission model. But even if we do not use "outside" knowledge, we see the gear stick in the movie at the very beginning when Martin Lawrence spills fries all over it. So no, despite what the correction says, it's not an automatic version.

Sammo

Corrected entry: The end of the film during the airport scene is supposed to be taking place in Miami like the rest of the film. But if you watch closely, there are mountains in the background. Anyone that has been to or lived in Miami knows that there are certainly no mountains or even hills.

Correction: Having just watched this part of the movie, I can't see any mountains.

Ssiscool

Can't see them either. From all sources, the movie was shot entirely in the Miami area, too. Michael Bay didn't mention shooting in other towns either in the DVD commentary.

Sammo

Corrected entry: Right after Martin Lawrence asks his wife if he can get a pillow, in the next shot Will Smith is getting out of a police car. As the camera pans, before the car door opens, a crew member is reflected in the car.

Correction: The area where the car pulls up is full of people. It could easily be a member of public or police officer.

Ssiscool

Indeed, there are people reflected in the glass, and they look like perfectly normal extras. Could the OP possibly mean the reflection in the green part of the car, the right side of the truck area? It does look like someone following the camera in a crawling position. I can make sense of it only if I crank the brightness higher, though.

Sammo

Other mistake: In the scene where Mike returns to his apartment for the first time since Julie was living there, as they walk towards the elevator Chet says "Hey Mr Lowrey" to Mike then says "Hey Mr Lowrey" to Marcus although Marcus never told him that he was taking Mike's identity. (00:59:45)

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Suggested correction: It's not in real time. They could have been back on a different occasion; we just aren't shown it.

"They" couldn't since it's the first time Mike is back. However, I still upvoted the correction because we never see when Marcus walked in or out the time he showed mugshots to Julie, so yes, he could have told Chet about the ruse on either occasion.

Sammo

Corrected entry: When Julie rings Mike and ends up speaking to Marcus, Julie's microphone wire can be seen running along her jumper. (00:33:30)

Ssiscool

Correction: No it can't.

This does not seem much of a correction. However, I do have trouble finding the mistake as well; I think I see some strange creasing, especially in the full-figure shot of her when she speaks (on Prime and Blu-ray I have it at around 34:50 when she says, "And she said if she ever needed anything."). Not sure why they'd use a wired mic or wire it to her front, though.

Sammo

Continuity mistake: When Marcus meets Julie Mott she attacks him with a bat. He takes the bat off her and moves to leave. The next shot of Julie Mott sitting on the floor shows the bat in the foreground. Cut back to Marcus still holding the bat and he asks her, "Look lady, you ain't got no more bats, do you?" (00:35:00)

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