Continuity mistake: Just after Monica has gotten back to Verone's house after warning Brian, she is sunbathing. In one shot, she has her legs slightly up and in the next they are flat with the sunbed. Also, when Verone throws her sunglasses on her chest, in this shot, she still has her hands on top of her head. In the following shot, her right hand is down picking up the sunglasses. (01:05:50)
Continuity mistake: Just after Tej has called Brian, in one particular shot Suki is standing on the left side of her car, yet 2 seconds later, she's at the other side of the car gearing up her fellow ladies. (00:03:35)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is trying to get rid of that ESD-System (that thing which is shot by the cop to break down the electronics system of the car), the bad guy is holding him by his shirt in a much different way than he does in the close-ups. (01:16:40)
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 called to get to the race at the beginning, as he's getting into his Skyline, the blue neon light at the bottom of the car turns on, but as he's leaving the garage, the light turns on again. (00:03:05)
Continuity mistake: When Brian Roman and two of Verone's guys are at the trailer park close to the end, on the road through the trailer park there is a speed bump, yet when Roman sets the Dodge off on its own, there is a view of the road again, and the speed bump has vanished. (01:14:05)
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: 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: In Verone's background check of Rome, it shows a list of items he had purchased. It is mostly made up of renting Blockbuster Videos and the items were purchased in different states back and forth. (00:31:50)
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: When Tej and Suki get stopped, they both get out of the cars, and Tej's door remains open in one shot and is closed in the following shot. (01:23:25)
Continuity mistake: Right at the beginning when Tej is talking to Jimmy on the phone, there is an orange and white car in the background, but when he is walking out of the garage, the car is gone. (00:01:00)
Continuity mistake: When Brian, Roman and Monica are at Verone's mansion, Roman is saying, "You were checking her out," Brian says, "Ok I was, now shut up," in this shot Brian looks away to his right, yet in the following shot, he is looking in Roman's direction. (00:34:35)
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 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)
Continuity mistake: When Luda is explaining the rules of the drag to Rome and the bloke in the Challenger, he has his hands on his knees, then in the following shot they're behind his back, then again in the next shot they're on his knees. All in quick succession. (00:47:00)
Continuity mistake: When the Evo and the Eclipse enter the highway, after Brian and Rome loaded up their cars with the bags of money, we see Brian change gear. His shoes are dirty in one shot and clean in the next. (01:18:25)
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Roman are at the car impound, Brian is searching inside the Ferrari, and Roman says "Look in the center." Roman is holding onto the side of the car and looking away from Brian, yet in the following shot he is now holding onto the top of the car and is looking directly at Brian. (00:32:50)
Continuity mistake: In the middle of the film when Roman is about to race against Fabio, note his car is parked at an angle on the side of the road, yet when it gets in it and starts the car, he is suddenly on the road, we don't see him turn. (00:46:50)
Continuity mistake: At the club, Monica and Brian are sitting at a table and when Rome walks up and says "He's here man," Monica looks at him and puts her right hand/arm up to her hair/cheek, in the following shot however her hand/arm is down, then in the shot after it's back up again. (00:54:15)
Chosen answer: The detective was tortured because Verone needed a window of time without any police presence and the detective refused to allow it. The girl is just some random hottie that works for Verone.
Greg Dwyer