Bad Boys for Life

Continuity mistake: When Rita bails out of babysitting, she says, "Oh no, I have to work," pointing inward, but her finger is outward when she continues the phrase in the next shot. (01:56:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Dorn does a Superman punch on a bad guy during his sortie on the left flank with Rafe, the guy he attacks had a machine gun in the previous shot, but he takes the punch already hands-free. (01:44:10)

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Continuity mistake: Somehow, Marcus got a plane seat right behind Mike. He puts his hand by Mike's headrest, and in the same shot, he removes the hand from that position. But the hand is still there in the next one. (01:30:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Mike tumbles on the flatbed truck after bouncing Marcus's sidecar out of the way, he rolls head to the left, feet to the right. It's the other way around at the cut. (01:20:40)

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Continuity mistake: Marcus, in his half of the sidecar, is on a collision course with a truck (after they show the truck driver steering to avoid Zway-Lo). In the more dynamic, wider angle, he is screaming, body stiff and hands off the machine gun. A close-up of Martin Lawrence shows him still clinging to the weapon. (01:20:30)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene at Picante's 'office', the camera cuts away for a split second when the unlikely accountant taunts Mike, calling him "butterscotch." His gold chain was under his tank top; now it's above. (01:03:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Mike kicks Picante Jenkins's door open, the door closes shut behind Marcus and him, but is slightly open in inconsistent ways during the rest of the scene. (01:02:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene of the sniping on Mike and Harris, in close-ups, Armando's face is fully lit, but when Zway-Lo is in frame, the shadow from the side is wider and there's a thin shadow (from the post) intersecting his right eyebrow. (00:57:25)

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Continuity mistake: Watch Mike when he joins Captain Harris at the bleachers. The kid to his right (left of the frame) holds a phone in the closer view; he had none in the long shot. (00:54:20)

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Continuity mistake: The biker assailant and Mike crash onto a table outside the Broadmore Hotel. The area they land on is in a large shade. The biker recovers a moment later and gets up in sunlight. (00:52:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Renny makes a splash on Theresa's car, the post casts a shadow on the radiator, next to an inch away from the Nissan logo. Mike and Marcus take their time to bicker for a few seconds, and when Marcus checks the car with its now embedded corpse, the shadow is already on a portion of the logo. (00:51:20)

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Continuity mistake: Mike infiltrated the spa to try and stealthily deploy Marcus Jr, but he is spotted. Theresa was getting pampered with both hands crossed on her belly, the bow of her belt tied an inch away from her hands. In the reaction shot, her relaxed position begins with her hands on top of the bow. Moreover, she turns and raises her head in those close-ups, while from the other side she is still supine, back on the bed, masseuse's hands on her shoulders. (00:49:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Mike bends Manny over the butcher table, Manny's left hand goes from one side of the cutting board corner to the other. (00:33:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Armando uploads the video of the shooting, Mike goes down in a different way than the original sequence, and the passers-by in the background are also different. (00:28:55)

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Continuity mistake: Mike proposes a toast at the wedding to his "bad boys for life" motto. Reggie and Megan raise their glasses over their heads in the wide shot, but they have yet to in their close-up. Notice also Captain Howard next to them, as he is in every shot from that angle, but absent in the wider one. (00:23:30)

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Continuity mistake: The first time we see the AMMO base, Captain Howard is visiting it to be debriefed about the progress in the investigation. Dorn mentions that they are investigating 4Chan. There's nobody standing next to him to his right, but then there's a close-up of his hands typing away at the computer, and there's a slender arm with short sleeves by his side. Rita is at the other side of the desk and Kelly in that scene is wearing long sleeves. (00:18:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Marcus calls Mike a "dumba$$" about Rita, his bottle of product placement is tilted towards him, but in Mike's reaction shot ("What?"), it's perfectly straight. (00:13:45)

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Continuity mistake: At the bar, Marcus and Mike begin their heart-to-heart talk about a family. Martin Lawrence's hands cross in different ways depending on the camera angle; when the camera is on Will Smith's side, Lawrence's left hand is lower on the table; when it's on Lawrence's side, he keeps it higher - watch his index when he's told about getting fat and breaking 'stuff'. (00:12:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Captain Harris calls for a toast, "To Marcus," the guy behind him is pointing his phone in a totally different direction. He was pointing the phone towards him; now he starts the shot with the phone pointed away. (00:09:00)

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Question: In his reaction to Rafe calling him "Grandpa," Will Smith says, "Just cause I f*ck your mother don't make me your Grandpa, right?" That's... not how it works. Wouldn't the joke be "Just cause your mom calls me Daddy," etc.? (00:46:30)

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