Other mistake: The video quality on the phone would not be as good as the film makes out. In fact, as far as I know, no mobile phone has that quality. The fact that they would then be using the video he filmed off the camcorder as evidence just makes no sense, as you definitely wouldn't be able to see anything on the phone anyway.
Cellular (2004)
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Starring: Jason Statham, Chris Evans, William H. Macy, Kim Basinger, Jessica Biel, Caroline Aaron, Brenda Ballard, Will Beinbrink
Continuity mistake: After Ryan carjacks the lawyer for the first time a truck smashes into the security car blowing it up. Before the shot of the explosion the lawyer is sitting in the car without dark glasses. After the explosion it cuts back to the lawyer's car, however you can see in the rear view mirror that the person sitting in the driver's seat is wearing dark glasses. (00:38:55)
Other mistake: Ryan drives the stolen security car through the construction site and over muddy slopes and potholes, and the car becomes saturated with dirt and mud covering the hood, the roof, and the sides of the car, but as he exits the construction site and pulls into the phone center parking lot the camera pans around to the driver's side and his window is rolled all the way down, but somehow Ryan does not have a speck of dirt on him or his clothes. (00:26:25)
Trivia: The movie the kidnappers are watching is "Final Destination 2" (2003), which was directed by David R. Ellis. Also there is an announcement at the aiport for "Volé Flight 180 to Paris," a reference to the original "Final Destination" (2000). Both are New Line productions.
Ryan: Ricky Martin? You named your kid Ricky Martin?
Jessica Martin: When I didn't show up for work today someone called the police, I'm sure.
Greer: You better hope they didn't.
Ryan: You know, it does me no good to hand over the video tape and then you guys turn around and take us out.
Greer: I swore I wouldn't do that.
Ryan: Like you swore "to protect and serve"?
Question: How does Ryan copy the video from the camera on to his phone?
Answer: Even if he'd been able to copy the video onto his phone, we see him running through water under the pier. There would've been water damage to the phone, rendering it useless.
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Chosen answer: His Nokia phone has a video recorder on it. He simply records the display on the camcorder with his phone.
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But the video on his phone was too clear, not like he recorded the video on the camera but like he downloaded directed to the phone.