Plot hole: So humanity in the future managed to solve time-travel, but is unable to develop armor-piercing, exploding ammunition? And it uses old, untrained civilians as soldiers to fire M16-16 and WW2 heavy machine gun ammunition at fast moving targets, instead of developing rapid-fire computer-targeted guns? The movie shows 0.5" ammunition (from said WW2-era machine gun) CAN take out the Aliens, so? (Not to mention flame-throwers, shown as effective but sparsely used, no tanks, etc).
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Directed by: Chris McKay
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin
Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.
Suggested correction: The rifles the civilians are equipped with aren't M-16s; they are modified BCM carbines "MK III" and "MK IV" with HERA Arms CQR furniture.
Plot hole: Dan returns from the future with a vial of toxins with him that can kill all the white spikes. He tells somebody to start mass-producing it but this information is not spread across governments or even made public, but it is the one thing they have that can prevent humanity's extinction and making people aware of that will stop the rioting.
Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.
Suggested correction: It isn't shown that this information isn't spread across governments, but it might have happened. It's possible that it was shared, but the storyline doesn't follow that journey because it had no impact on the plot. It's just an assumption that it wasn't.
Factual error: The Academy of Sciences Glacier is at 80° north latitude, which means the sun doesn't rise at all between Oct 21 and Feb 21. Dan visits in Dec/Jan (his suburb is still covered in Christmas decorations when he gets home) but the sun is well above the horizon in Russia. (02:07:18 - 02:07:53)
Dan Forester: Second chances are really hard to come by.
Colonel Muri Forester: Nothing about this for me is sentimental. I didn't in any way bring you here because I wanted to spend time with my father. I brought you here for a reason.
Colonel Muri Forester: This is the end. Within the next few weeks, the human species will disappear from the face of the earth. We are literally living on borrowed time.
Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.