Directed by: Nick Castle
Starring: Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Joseph Blaire, Scott Bigelow
Genres: Comedy
Revealing mistake: When Payne has the grenade, the top is blue. Indicating a practice grenade.
Revealing mistake: During the first few minutes of the film when Major Payne reports into the general, his belt loop on his Service Alpha uniform is way off regulation. He has the belt loop hugging the belt buckle when it is supposed to be aligned with the end of the blouse pocket. (00:03:20)
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.
Payne: I have been given eight weeks to transform you motley collection of pukes into a well-disciplined cadet unit! From this day forward, your sorry asses belong to ME! You will not eat, sleep, drink, blow your nose, or even dig in your butt without my say-so.
Question: Would Cadets Woliger and Fox have actually been able to attend a military academy, considering that Woliger has heart problems and Fox is deaf?
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Answer: Madison is not a military academy. It is a boarding school and Major Payne has been put in charge of their JROTC program. It is, however unlikely that those cadets, or the blind cadet at the end of the film, would be admitted into a JROTC program. The Code of Federal Regulations states that the JROTC program is designed for "physically fit" students. Tiger is also much too young to be allowed to participate, you must be in at least the 7th grade to participate. Madison is apparently making exceptions to allow basically anyone that wants to participate and that would not be allowed in real life.
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