Continuity mistake: At the beginning after the race, Brian is being chased by a cop and is shot on the right side of his car with that electric disabler. During the next shot, right before he hits the parking meter, the claw is nowhere to be found. After he hits it, it is back and sparking with electricity. (00:14:50)
Continuity mistake: After Brian's Skyline is shot with the electric thing, when he hits a parking meter it shatters into smithereens and there is no damage or dents on his car. In the next shot his hood is bent up and his car is totaled. This is because the original scene was of Brian hitting something much more solid, however, Paul Walker who was doing the stunt himself, lost control and hit the parking meter. They didn't bother to retake as it looked much cooler. (Slow motion is required. DVD Special Features.) (00:14:55)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is driving the Skyline to the first race, and during the race, the car has rubber pedals. But after his Skyline gets shot with the ESD and he tries to slam on the brakes, the pedals are the aftermarket Momo style pedals. (00:15:35)
Continuity mistake: Just after Brian gets arrested at the beginning, they are telling Brian about Verone, in a close up shot of Brian he puts his hands down to the chair, yet in the overhead shot, he has his hands by his chin again, then back to the chair. (00:16:05)
Continuity mistake: When Roman's in his black car at Barstow and starts to reverse, note the yellow car behind him. From a camera shot behind Brian and the cop, the yellow car is already there and lined up to smash into Roman, yet when it cuts to a different shot, the yellow car is lining up again. (00:18:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When the guy says to Rome that Brian is not a cop, a camera and light screen are reflected in his glasses. (00:20:10)
Continuity mistake: Close to the beginning when Brian is fighting with Roman, the black cop in one shot just walks past them on the floor, in the following shot, he is a lot further away from them. (00:20:30)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the fight scene between Brian and Rome, they're much nearer to the derby than at the end of the fight. (00:20:30 - 00:21:30)
Continuity mistake: When Roman and Brian are fighting in the sand, the smudge on Roman's face disappears and reappears several times. (00:20:50)
Revealing mistake: When Rome and Paul are fighting at the derby, in some shots you can see Paul's stunt double. (00:21:00)
Continuity mistake: During the drive and stare scene with Brian and Monica, watch Monica's bangs as the shot changes from inside the car to outside. When the camera is shooting from outside the car, Monica's bangs are blowing around from the wind, but from the camera shooting inside the car, her bangs are neatly in place. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: When Brian Monica and Roman are driving to Verone's house, at the end of the " stare and drive thing ", when Roman pulls up on the overhead shot he puts his full arm outside the car, yet when it cuts to a face shot from inside Brian's car, he just has his elbow on the door. (00:25:15)
Continuity mistake: After Brian does the stare-and-drive, you can hear his tires loudly screeching to a halt. But if you look closely, his wheels are still moving when they're "supposedly" skidding out. The same thing happens 2 seconds later with Rome's car. (00:25:25)
Continuity mistake: When Verone is explaining about the Ferrari being at an impound in Little Haiti, there is a shot of the group from behind. Camera cuts, and Rome has moved a good 3 feet instantly to the left. (00:27:40)
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Roman are racing to the car impound to get the package for Carter, at the start of the freeway scene Brian says "Lets see what this thing can do." When he steps on the gas the camera cuts to an outside view and there is a large HGV in front and a 4x4 pickup to the right, but in the following overhead shot the 4x4 pickup has vanished and is replaced with a Mini Van. (00:28:40)
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Roman are speeding down the highway to get to the boatyard, the camera cuts to inside police headquarters (I think). On the computer screen are two GPS signals (Brian and Roman), and it says 6th and 7th Street, but when it cuts to a wider angle it says 4th, 5th and 6th Street, indicating the screen has moved up instead of down. (Zoom is required.) (00:28:55)
Revealing mistake: When Brian is spinning his Evo around on the highway to pay Rome back, we can see at that one brief interior shot that there are no cars in the background. (Paul Walker did that spin for real on an empty freeway, but of course he did that with no cars around). (00:30:50)
Factual error: In the scene where Brian, Rome and the other guys are racing to the impound lot, Brian whips his Evo around and starts driving backwards. He would be going pretty slow in reverse so the other guys should have past him do to the fact that they where doing over 100 mph beforehand according to the FBI's GPS. (00:30:55)
Factual error: During the scenes where the drivers are all racing to the impound lot, Verone and Fuentes are doing background checks on the drivers. When they show the shot of Roman Pearce's California driver's license information, it shows his DOB as Apr 12, 1973, A License issue date of 03/24/90, and Expires Date of 03/24/01. Driver's licenses don't expire on the anniversary of the issue date, they expire on the driver's month and day of birth. So his driver's license should show an expiration date of something like 04/12/01 instead. (00:31:45)
Suggested correction: Not all state's driver's licenses expire on their birthday, or at least not anymore. Example: my current driver's license expires on the anniversary of when I got it Aug 16th, but my birthday is in June.
I've never heard of a State license doing this. Which State is this? Although the mistake is valid.
According to google, "Every California license expires on your birthday five years after it's issued" (I can't seem to access the CA DMV website at the moment) but it does seem as though the mistake is, as you say, valid.
My reply was to the corrector who claims his/her State's driver's license expires on the issue date, which is something I've never heard of. So I was asking which State his/her license was from, not the movie's license.
Sorry, my mistake. On my page it was formatted as though you were replying to Sammo. Looking online, Delaware is one state where the licence expires 8 years after issue and not on your birthday (at least from what I can see).
Delaware driver licenses, while issued for 8 years, still expire on the driver's birthday.
Continuity mistake: When the Evolution smashes into the gate in the boatyard it should have made a really big dent in the front of the car or at least a scratch on the bodywork. Yet in the next scene when you see it come to a stop in front of the Ferrari, the car is in perfect condition with no dents or scratches. (00:31:50)
