Continuity mistake: After Lt. Touchdown has been shot, behind the tank, he falls to the ground with his rifle still grasped in one of his hands but when the marines move in to aid him his rifle has vanished.
Jack Vaughan
23rd Jul 2009
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
23rd Jul 2009
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Continuity mistake: After Cowboy is hit by the sniper Animal Mother fires wildly and destroys part of the "My Toan" sign. A few seconds later you can see it is intact.
23rd Jul 2009
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Other mistake: When the sniper fires her rifle at Joker after his rifle jams, she fires at him and strangely no shell casings are ejected. A few bursts later and her rifle does eject shell casings.
23rd Jul 2009
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Continuity mistake: The shape of the beam of light coming from Joker's torch, after he enters the bathroom where Pyle kills himself, is different from the shape of the beam before he enters.
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