Revealing mistake: When Neo stops the bullets being shot at him in mid air and they fall, you can see that there are not grooves in the bullets. As a bullet passes through a barrel, it picks up the impressions of the lands and grooves of the barrel. Since the Matrix is a simulation of our world, including the involved physics, the lack of rifling grooves is an oversight by the special effects team.
Ian Hunt
4th Nov 2009
The Matrix (1999)
18th Feb 2008
Raw Deal (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Arnold throws the bad guy through the glass door at the dress shop, it shatters a split second prior to him going through it. (00:55:40)
30th Jan 2008
The Pacifier (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Shane is fighting the two ninjas, they are armed with expandable batons, which are tubular hardened steel. During the fight sequences you can see the plastic batons bending repeatedly.
21st Dec 2007
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Revealing mistake: Airbags are made out of a super strong fabric material with heavy weaving. There's no way McClane would be able to tear it. You can see the texture difference between McClane's fake airbag and the real passenger side airbag.
Suggested correction: Incorrect, the driver's airbag is designed in such a way it can be ripped out. This is a safety feature to be used in a life or death situation if the car is still driveable. For instance, if someone rams you off the road and the airbag deploys, you can rip it off and continue driving to try and escape the assailant.
17th Sep 2007
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
Revealing mistake: When Junior pushes through the rotten whale, you can see the cut in the fabric "skin" and the sponge foam right beneath it.
4th Sep 2007
Hitch (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Hitch is wearing the fat face mask you can see where it has pulled away from his skin right next to his right eye.
3rd Sep 2007
Road House (1989)
Revealing mistake: Right before Bigfoot drives through the dealership, you can see that the doors and windows of the dealership are on temporary stands and not attached to the concrete. (01:25:15)
24th Aug 2007
Stardust (2007)
Revealing mistake: At the end fight scene when Lamia is laughing, you can see that her teeth are only darkened in the front, not the rear. (01:55:10)
5th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Revealing mistake: After Angel gets shot in the vest, you get a good closeup of his bandoleer of shotgun shells. You can see the gold paint rubbed off on the primer side of the cartridges, revealing the red plastic underneath. You can also see that the end of the round either just has paper stuffed into it or is completely empty. A real shotgun round will have a brass cap/primer and the end will either be folded completely over (like the shutter of a camera) or show a rifled slug inside. (01:37:20)
5th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Revealing mistake: When the officer holding the double barrel shotgun has it broken open to reload it, you can see that the primers have been dimpled, meaning that they've been fired. The rifle is closed up again without the spent shells being replaced. (01:41:10)
5th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Revealing mistake: When the Sergeant has the shotguns in the backpack on his back, and you see a close up of his face, you can see that the shotguns do not have triggers. On plastic prop rifles, the trigger is usually molded into the trigger guard in the pulled back position, and you can see this on these prop shotguns.
18th Jan 2007
F/X2 (1991)
Revealing mistake: When Rollie is hanging from the ladder and the bolt breaks, you can see the smoke from the exploding bolt. (00:42:50)
27th Sep 2006
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Leo gets his Subway sandwich, he complains that it's tuna. When he holds it up a dark red lunch meat is visible, like salami.
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