Other mistake: The glass in elevators is tempered. It would not have shattered when the robbers pursuing Paul crashed into it.
Other mistake: In the beginning of the movie, Paul is at the NJ State Police training grounds. The training grounds, while near the ocean, do not have any islands just off the coast, nor is the ocean water nearby. The police cars used are painted light/metallic gray Massachusetts State Police colors with a blue stripe down the side. NJ State Police cars are white with red or red/blue lightbars with a blue & gold triangle logo on the front doors.
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, Paul is putting peanut butter on his pie. The amount significantly changes from the point when he puts it on until the final scene. At first, there is a lot of peanut butter, then there is only a little.
Continuity mistake: When Paul hides halfway in the air duct, his feet are hanging down when seen in the exterior shots. When seen from inside the duct, his feet are tucked up behind him.
Other mistake: It is November, since Blart is worried about Black Friday. The kid's clothing store they are seen walking by toward the beginning of the film has Summer clothing and bathing suits in the window. I used to to work in retail and while stores were far ahead of the weather, they are never that far ahead.
Visible crew/equipment: When Paul is hiding from the bad guys in the crawl space, you can see a crewmember's shadow in the crawl space.
Visible crew/equipment: When Paul and the bad guy fall through the skylight into the play area with a lot of colored balls, the crash mat becomes visible as they land on it. The mat also throws the balls into the air.
Continuity mistake: In the beginning scene, as Blart passes out, another trainee gets off the rope and starts running. The camera cuts to Blart's face for a second, then back to the trainee starting to run. The trainee should have already been running.
Continuity mistake: When Paul leaves the pen full of balls, you can see people in the far left walking. This would not have happened if the building was "secure" as the robbers stated.
Continuity mistake: Blart crashes through a couple of glass doors to get to the birthday cards. There are a bunch of shards of glass in his hair. In the very next shot they're gone.
Continuity mistake: When Paul falls from the ceiling, after everyone else falls, his feet knock over two boxes and everything sort of settles. In the next shot, one of the boxes is back up and his legs are coming down on the boxes again, but nothing is knocked over.
Continuity mistake: When Paul is talking to Veck about pretending to have a gun, his right hand is by his hip. We see him stand up straight and take his hand off his hip. In the next shot, his hand is back on his hip.
Continuity mistake: As Paul Blart enters the tanning salon shirt is damaged with the left shoulder lapel broken, this remains throughout this scene but as Paul leaves the salon his left shoulder lapel has been fixed.
Answer: As security against having his airplane shot from the sky by law enforcement. Once he was safely in the Caymans, he could release the hostages without fear of being apprehended by the United States law enforcement agencies.
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