Factual error: The garage scientists are setting up an experiment. One of the guys goes to tighten the terminals of a battery. He grabs one in each hand and proceeds to tighten them. If he had done that to a real battery he would have gotten the shock of his life. (00:12:00)
Primer (2004)
1 mistake
Directed by: Shane Carruth
Starring: Anand Upadhyaya, Casey Gooden, David Sullivan, Shane Carruth
Abe: I just want you to see it the way I saw it.
Aaron: I am trying, OK, I really am here.
Abe: Look, everything we're putting into that box becomes ungrounded, and I don't mean grounded like to the earth, I mean, not tethered. I mean, we're blocking whatever keeps it moving forward and so they flip-flop. Inside the box it's like a street, both ends are cul-de-sacs. I mean, this isn't frame dragging or wormhole magic this is basic mechanics and heat 101.
Aaron: This is not mechanics and heat.
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