Continuity mistake: When Jack is having a seizure at his job he stuff some aspirin in his mouth. When the manager says "He is spaced out." it cuts to the girl saying "I'll handle this.". At that point Jack has got two aspirin hanging out of his mouth. It cuts and the aspirins are gone. (00:30:20)
Innerspace (1987)
Plot summary
Directed by: Joe Dante
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Martin Short, Kevin McCarthy
Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) is an ace pilot who volunteers to be the first man to be miniaturized. He is shrunk but terrorists storm the lab to steal the technology. One scientist escapes and injects Tuck into a hypochondriac named Jack Putter (Martin Short). Together they must find a way to enlarge Tuck again before he runs out of oxygen.
More mistakes in Innerspace
Jack Putter: We've got the chip.
Lt. Tuck Pendleton: All right.
Jack Putter: We're on the way to the lab.
Lt. Tuck Pendleton: All right.
Jack Putter: But I think they put someone in there with you.
Lt. Tuck Pendleton: All... what?
Trivia: The filmmakers used two different shopping malls for the scene where the doctor injects Tuck into Jack's rear. The opening scenes where the doctor runs in and heads for the elevator were shot in the Northridge Mall in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. The scene where he reaches the top and rams the syringe into Jack was filmed on the top floor of the Sherman Oaks Galleria, another mall several miles away.
Question: When Tuck is inside Jack he can't go through the heart - is this because Jack would have a heart attack or because Tuck would die?
Answer: I would say both probably.
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Answer: Probably, but most likely it's because Jack's pod is fragile and wouldn't survive the shock wave heartbeats. The pod is experimental and built for scientific observation, not battle.