World War Z

World War Z (2013)

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Continuity mistake: Three times through the movie, we see the command centre on the ship with people running around. Based on several people's movements, it seems that all these scenes were taken at one time, from different angles - too many of the same people moving the same way, carrying the same things.

DavidRTurner

Deliberate mistake: After the AN-12 launches from the carrier, you see U.S. Navy near the nose of the craft, and MG on the tail code (MG=McGuire Air Force Base). Also, during the flight shots, the plane transforms between a C-130 and AN-12 multiple times.

Movie Medic

Continuity mistake: When Brad Pitt is changing the dressing for the female Israeli soldier on the Belarus plane, the man in the seat next to her appears, disappears and re-appears.

sexxypeety

Factual error: The first time Brad Pitt leaves the aircraft carrier he is on an Antonov An-12. I haven't been able to find any evidence of an Antonov An-12 being able to take off or land on an aircraft carrier. The minimum runway distance for takeoff is 1500 m, and A Nimitz class carrier is only 325 m. (01:22:00)

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Suggested correction: Most planes, if not all, that don't have vertical takeoff capabilities can't land or take off on aircraft carriers. That's why systems are in place to launch planes up to speed for take off and to catch or stop planes upon landing. Even jets that are 5 times faster than a An-12 need help with take off and landing.

Bishop73

A C-130 did multiple take-offs and landings aboard a carrier WITHOUT any assistance, so yes, an AN-12 might have been able to do the same thing: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-how-the-c-130-hercules-became-the-biggest-aircraft-to-land-on-an-aircraft-carrier/.

Movie Medic

Other mistake: When approaching Israeli airspace the ATC refuses to land Gary's aircraft, but in real life an UN investigator approaching a country to meet its intelligence officer would have pre planned. They don't have to beg to land the plane.

Rk Patra

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Suggested correction: Standard "real life" procedures may not always apply in a zombie apocalypse.

Other mistake: When Jerry is in B wing, he has killed two zombies with his crowbar, but when we see the crowbar, there's no blood or brain matter on it.

kh1616

Continuity mistake: Lane is in Jerusalem talking with the Mossad officer just as the zombies are about to cross the wall. In all shots from the front, the left side of the Israeli's face is bathed in sunlight while the right side isn't. In shots from the back, the entire right side is now bathed in sunlight. (01:00:00)

ployp

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the two girls open the door to their parents' room. Karin's pillow is in the shadow. Sunlight suddenly appears on it just as the two girls are about to jump onto the bed a few seconds later. (00:03:25)

ployp

Revealing mistake: When Gerry cuts the woman's hand off you can see it's an obvious fake arm and stump.

Factual error: When we are at the Welsh WHO facility we get an exterior shot during the night where we hear crickets chirping. This is a classic US film-making error. There are no crickets in Wales or any part of the UK. What you would hear at night is silence. Maybe owls.

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Suggested correction: What on earth makes you think there are no crickets in the UK? The most common type found in the UK is the field cricket (Gryllus campestris). In total there are over 25 types of crickets in the UK. Ture that some species are mute, but not the field cricket.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryllus_campestris.

lionhead

Crickets in Wales don't make a noise as they do in warmer climates.

The North Wales Wildlife Trust seems to disagree with you: "The Dark bush-cricket can be found in South Wales. Its irregular chirpings are a familiar sound of summer." https://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/grasshoppers-and-crickets/dark-bush-cricket.

Andrew Fassbach: Mother Nature is a serial killer. She wants to get caught, she leaves bread crumbs, she leaves clues... Mother nature knows how to disguise her weakness as strength.

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Trivia: Peter Capaldi, the new Doctor Who for 2014, is listed in the credits as W.H.O. Doctor. Just a fun coincidence, as the roles are too far apart to have been planned, but worth a look.

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Question: Is there any underlying significance to when they show zombie blood gets in Gerry's mouth, but he does not turn into a zombie?

Quantom X

Chosen answer: The significance of showing the blood drop on Gerry's tongue and him spitting it out was to back up the theory that the only way to become a zombie is to be bitten by one. After the blood touched his tongue he ran to the edge of the building and waited 12 seconds (the time it takes to become a zombie) before he stepped off the ledge. If he would have started to change he was going to attempt to jump off the roof before causing harm to his family.

Then how does the scientist at the WHO get infected from a blood sample?

You can't turn by ingesting, or getting the blood on you. It has to enter your bloodstream. The scientist cut his hand and got zombie blood into his bloodstream.

He stuck himself with an infected needle or a "sharps" tool coated with infected fluids, which cut him.

Blood tester is encased in glass. Dr. Testing did not pay attention. His hand was in the case while it was mixing. Glass broke, cut him, testing blood mixed with his.

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