Continuity mistake: During the confrontation with Alex's stepfather, Damon Wayans forgot to remove his earring before shooting. Pay attention to his ears - you'll see an earring in one shot and then nothing.
Continuity mistake: When the boys are sneaking in to take the pictures of Payne, the first time you see him in bed the clock says it's 4-something. When they come back and get the boy in the dress in the bed, the clock says 12-something.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Payne is holding up his fist asking Alex whether he wants him gone or not, his fist changes position. When they do the close-up of Payne, his fist is right by his head. When they show him from the back it is about a foot away from his face. It goes through this 2 or 3 times.
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Alex is given his "promotion" and they are standing outside, he tells the Major his first order is to "screw you, sir" and his right sleeve is visibly rolled down while his left sleeve remains rolled up. In the next shot, showing the major, you can see Alex's right arm on the left side of the screen with the sleeve rolled back up.
Continuity mistake: When Major Payne screams while telling the story of the little engine that could, the wide shot shows that his hand is on his chair. The close-up however shows that he's sticking his hand out.
Continuity mistake: After Payne helps Stone with his stepfather, he walks away but the distance decreases between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Payne intimidates the cadet he calls "Ass eyes", the sweat trickling down his head appears and reappears between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Alex is given his promotion you can see that Dotson does not have the rank insignia on his shirt lapel as Payne walks out however in the next scene you can see Dotson exiting with the rank insignia on his shirt lapel in the background when Alex is arguing with Payne.
Answer: The credits are in alphabetical order (according to last name). He did get top billing in the opening credits though. Damon is actually listed 25th in the end credits, after his nephew, so I don't know what you saw where he was listed 7th or 8th.
Bishop73
I have the movie, and his name is right after his nephew's, so I guess I got the place wrong.