Factual error: Master Sergeant Alexander "Al" Apone U.S.M.C. ranking was wrong on his uniform. His uniform showed a U.S. Army Sergeant First Class rank. (You can see this when they were loading up on their APC.) The correct ranking should have been 3 chevrons up, crossed rifles in the middle, and 3 rockers on the bottom. *Yes, in the future, the ranking system could have changed.*
Movie Medic
11th Dec 2024
Aliens (1986)
2nd Sep 2024
Civil War (2024)
Audio problem: When inside Washington D.C. and the AH-64 is firing its gun, the sound is completely wrong. In the movie, it sounds like a laser gun, and in reality, it's a M230 chain gun, which sounds different.
30th Aug 2024
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Trivia: Emily Blunt punches a young soldier when she is walking off a transport. The soldier begins to say, "Bloody hell, it's the full metal bitch." The young soldier is played by Blunt's younger brother, Sebastian.
19th Aug 2024
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
14th Aug 2024
Logan's Run (1976)
13th Aug 2024
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
Continuity mistake: In the hospital after the explosion, they lift Collins from the gurney to the bed, and you can see there are no vital signs because she has not been hooked up. In the next shot, the machine is showing all her vitals. (01:17:47)
6th Aug 2024
Sisu (2022)
Continuity mistake: When the women's legs are shown walking from the smoke, the one wearing a blue skirt and white socks has her left sock fall down in the scene. In the next scene, it is back up again.
29th Jul 2024
Police Academy (1984)
Trivia: When doing Hogan's Alley, right after Leslie shoots the shotgun, he turns around and everybody ducks except for Tackleberry. That's because Leslie hasn't pumped the shotgun, so there isn't a live round in the chamber. Tackleberry knows that, so doesn't panic.
19th May 2024
American Ultra (2015)
Factual error: During the drone strike, they show MQ-9 Reaper, which is prop-driven, but play a jet engine sound effect.
19th May 2024
Red 2 (2013)
Audio problem: When Han and Frank are fighting in the hangar, Frank grabs a handgun and you can hear him chamber it. After he tosses the handgun to Han, he chambers it also, but no round can be heard hitting the ground. Nor could you hear Frank decock it.
18th Dec 2023
The Final Countdown (1980)
Revealing mistake: During the dogfight scenes, they show the pilots of the F-14. In the visor, you can see the reflection of an A-6 instead of an F-14 being used. Turns out, they dressed up some A-6 aviators as F-14 aviators for the shots.
21st Nov 2023
World War Z (2013)
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.
25th Sep 2023
Man of Steel (2013)
Factual error: During the air-to-ground fight in Smallville, the 1st A-10 destroyed had DM on its rudder. DM is Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. There is no way they could have made it to Kansas in time for the fight.
22nd May 2023
Nobody (2021)
Hutch: You brought a lot of shotguns.
Dad: You brought a lot of Russians. (01:16:25)
30th Mar 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Continuity mistake: Wick takes the lapel pin off and places it in his right front jacket pocket. Shortly afterwards he takes it out of his front left jacket pocket. (00:49:10 - 00:56:20)
27th Mar 2023
Den of Thieves (2018)
Factual error: O'Brien ask the uniformed officers to "push back the perimeter" because it's too small. When a crime scene perimeter is established you can always shrink but never enlarge a perimeter because everything outside of it has all ready contaminated by other people, officers, press, etc. (00:18:45)
21st Mar 2023
2 Guns (2013)
Other mistake: When Stig shoots the helo and kills the co-pilot it still crashes. He killed the co-pilot, the pilot sits on the right side. (01:36:30)
21st Mar 2023
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Factual error: The parachute flare was not invented till 1922. This film takes place in 1918 but features one. (00:21:15)
20th Mar 2023
Tag (2018)
Continuity mistake: On Hoagies golf cart, the plexiglass shield is sometimes down and then back up. (00:50:18 - 00:51:48)
16th Mar 2023
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Revealing mistake: Tom Cruise is placing his right hand on the cockpit canopy during an ACM training. The Rhino takes 2 hands to fly at all times unless you are in a straight and level flight. Since they were in ACM and his hands were on the canopy, this tells you that Tom Cruise was actually in the RIO position of the aircraft.
Suggested correction: It does not take two hands at all times. The throttle can be set for short periods, allowing the aircrew to brace themselves against the canopy to turn around and look behind them.
True IF you are in straight/level flight. They were in ACM at the time which would require both hands on stick and throttle.
There's a former Navy pilot on YT that confirms this.
Confirms that a pilot can or can't fly one handed like that scene?
Cannot. The channel is called Mover Ruins Movies.
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