The Taking of Pelham 123

Revealing mistake: When the bald guy robber first takes out his gun and begin shooting at the ceiling, it's obvious that he shooting blanks as when they pull back the shot, there is not one bullet hole in the ceiling anywhere along the subway car. (00:12:00)

Cynthia Gurski

Revealing mistake: After Garber shoots Ryder, he is told by the approaching policemen to "drop your weapon". At which point the camera pans to a shot behind Garber where he is holding the gun in his right hand and proceeds to drop it. Watch the bottom of the screen and you will see Garber catch the falling gun with his left hand.

Revealing mistake: The police car that transports the money is not what is used in actual police work. The all dark blue and white accents you see in the film is a color-scheme used in traffic cars and school safety cars. The real police cars are white with dark blue accents.

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Continuity mistake: When they give Garber the pistol to take, it has actually changed when he pulls it out of the bag, it's an entirely different pistol.

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Ryder: Life is simple now. They just have to do what I say.

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Question: How was it possible for the hostage to livestream the event, have the laptop open, and even though the hijackers were walking up and down the carriage, no one noticed this?

Paulspurs

Answer: The hijackers did notice it. There's a scene where they notice it: look at the girl on the screen and then laugh. They get kicks from toying with people, which is why they didn't smash the laptop and just let the guy keep using it.

You're probably right.

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