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)
Other mistake: When Brian and Roman are driving to the airfield, Brian thanks Tej for helping them escape from Miami P.D. Brian is talking to Tej with a walkie talkie, but Tej is on a cell phone.
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: 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)
Revealing mistake: When Brian is racing to the start of the first race, we see him do a double corner in an S shape. If you look at how the car handles, you can tell the shot has been sped up to make it appear like he is driving faster. (00:04:15)
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)
Factual error: In the final fight scene, when Carter tries to pick up the shotgun to shoot again, the slide/chamber is closed. When they cut in the next shot with Monica holding the gun on Carter, the slide/chamber is open. You can't see the chamber but you can see that the slide is back further towards the stock of the weapon. The chamber has to be secured to fire. (01:36:40)
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)
Continuity mistake: When the Evo and the Eclipse enter the highway, after Brian and Rome loaded up their cars with the bags of money, Brian shifts into third gear and later fourth gear. The Evo has the aftermarket Momo pedals installed, but after the Evo gets shot with the ESD from the helicopter, and when Brian tries to hold down the gas with his foot, the pedals in the Evo are the stock ones. (01:18:30)
Continuity mistake: When they are about to race against Fonzie and Fabio the two muscle cars, the blue one and the orange one, are parked in a line. Moments later, when Roman moves forward and stops there is only the orange muscle car there. (00:45:50 - 00:46:55)
Continuity mistake: Close to the end, when Brian and Roman are driving to meet Verone in Roman's car, Roman has his arm out the window, yet in the following shot its not out the window. (01:24:55)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Brian and Roman get back to the mansion after getting the package from the Ferrari and are sitting next to the pool with their new boss, watch as he lights his cigar. He lights it, and it cuts away from him for a split second. When it cuts back less than a second later, the cigar is burnt down about an inch, as if the cigar had been lit for a few minutes. (00:36:10)
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.
Deliberate mistake: When Brian and Bilkins are at the demolition derby, Roman wins and gets out of his car. As he scans the crowd, he sees Brian. When we see Brian the logo on his shirt has a 3D effect to it that goes back and to the left. In all other shots of that logo, the effect goes back and to the right. This shot is reversed.
Revealing mistake: When Rome says "Let's see if you still got it, Brian," you can see skid marks on the road from previous takes. (00:36:20)
Revealing mistake: When Brian does the stunt where he drives in reverse, he rips a handbrake that isn't even there, only doing the gesture.
