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Stupidity: When Laura visits her mother in disguise, she tells her about meeting a nicer man after leaving Martin. It's one thing to tell her mother that he teaches Drama, but it beggars belief when she tells her the precise location of where he teaches! You would think that being her first time seeing her mother in a long time while disguised as a man, she would keep this information to herself until she was comfortable. Of course, Martin immediately manages to extract this information from Chloe.

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Deliberate mistake: In crime films, when the protagonist is being stalked by the villain and manages to alert law enforcement, it will always be only one cop showing up. This isn't how actual crime procedure works, as cops are required to work with a partner or backup in potentially risky situations, and the lone cop will always let their guard down or not observe their surroundings carefully enough. This gives the villain a chance to kill them and crush not only the hero's hopes, but the audience's as well.

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Stupidity: The villains decide to eliminate the entire police force to get away with their crimes after previous attempts have been unsuccessful. We see cops caught off guard, blown up in their houses, as well as one being shot at an opportune moment. So, why would the henchman ruin their moment to strike by trying to kill Murtaugh with physical attacks when they could have blown up his house or shot him too?

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Factual error: The idea of a suspect being shot in the shoulder or leg to apprehend is a myth that is often driven by Hollywood media. In reality, the femoral artery is a major artery in the leg that a person can bleed out and die in minutes with a clean shot, and the shoulder also has major blood vessels nearby, which can cause critical problems. In reality, cops are encouraged to only use lethal force "to kill," as opposed to the "shoot first, ask questions later" scenario seen in multiple works.

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Question: Would it really have been possible for Nygma to modify the security footage to make it look as if Stickley was committing suicide at the time, with Nygma nowhere in sight?

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Plot hole: The cops are waiting for the robbers to arrive at the hideout after the robbery so they can bust Joe, and most certainly, they would have put surveillance on the warehouse. So why don't they intervene when Mr. Orange is presumably seen wounded outside of the hideout, or especially when a kidnapped cop is brought inside the warehouse? Cops aren't going to waste any time whatsoever letting one of their own be put in mortal danger, even over serious business.

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Plot hole: When Slim attempts to leave with the help of her friends and is being beaten by Mitch, they are able to hear a bit of the ruckus while parked outside of a van. So how come Gracie, who is asleep in the same exact room as Mitch and Slim, is able to sleep through such a ruckus at all? It seems very laughable that a very young child such as Gracie wouldn't wake up in the middle of all that, not to mention she only does so when Phil physically wakes her up.

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Factual error: Hollywood tends to greatly exaggerate people who are killed as dying immediately, when the reality is that most people tend to bleed out or "shut down" gradually. Even seemingly lethal methods, such as a bullet to the head, are not a guaranteed instant kill; a non-example is in Reservoir Dogs, where it takes a bit of time for a character to die after being shot in the head. This is often most used for story and plot demands, though it can also be easier for filming as well.

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Revealing mistake: When Laura shoots Martin the first time at the end, you can see the red laser dot at where he will be shot in a blink-and-miss moment. (While it’s much easier to see in slow motion, you can see it in normal speed if you pay attention). (01:32:25)

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Question: Is there any indication that Mrs Mott knew that her husband was sexually assaulting his female patients? I doubt any pregnant woman would be pleased if she found out her husband was taking advantage of other women for his own desires behind her back.

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Question: If Mitch was pleased with the way his marriage had turned out and he admitted that Slim was a great sexual partner and she did nothing wrong to justify his affairs, then why does he still have "needs" that need to be met by sleeping around? He seemed to know full well he was risking throwing away all the success he had achieved and wanted to keep just to fool around.

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Plot hole: In situations where the protagonist is framed, they will be firmly believed to be guilty by everyone despite the lack of sufficient evidence. This is often achieved by focusing more on motive or odd circumstances that make the hero look guilty, rather than the little evidence which could establish reasonable doubt, with some evidence even being inaccurately seen as proof of a crime. It's a plot device for the hero to solve the mystery by themselves for dramatic purposes.

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Plot hole: Movies in which the protagonist isn't believed is often exaggerated to the point of crushing suspension of disbelief. Most times, other characters will not even give the protagonist the slightest benefit of the doubt and may even be needlessly angry for even suggesting that the "very loving and considerate nice guy" is actually a bad person. The Good Son and Orphan are classic examples where the villain is believed over the hero, despite there being no evidence to contradict the hero's claims.

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Stupidity: The type of steak that Clyde demands has a sharp kind of bone inside that can easily be used as a weapon. No prison would be foolish enough to overlook this fact, especially as the warden had everything double-checked.

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Stupidity: Despite the fact that Clyde is somehow very easily managing to kill people from his cell, it never occurs to assign some kind of security or a camera where he could be consistently watched in case he did something out of the ordinary. Nor did they even both to thoroughly scan his cell, something which should have been done in the first place for any irregularities, and especially once again after it became known that he may have been still killing people despite being locked up.

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Plot hole: Kyle is an airplane engineer and designer (decent paying job) who is flying on the same plane that she helped designed, and she is traveling with her daughter back home to family after her husband's untimely death, transporting his body in a casket. No one under these circumstances would be traveling lightly (possibly no economy) as she does. She would almost certainly have special privileges and notice from officials, and there would be impending knowledge of her flight prior to boarding.

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Revealing mistake: When Mr. Eddy is shot in the head and killed, there is an extremely quick shot that you can catch of what is a puppet's head exploding from the shot, before it cuts to Mr. Eddy falling back dead.

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Plot hole: There is no way Riggs and Murtaugh would have let Joshua kill the two officers guarding the house, if they were already waiting for him. And if they didn't get to the house first, there certainly would not have been enough time for them to reach the house and leave a message waiting for Joshua in that short space of time. So, were they waiting for him or not, and why let two cops be killed if they were?

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Deliberate mistake: At the end of the film, two officers attempt to surround and handcuff Joshua. Using two officers to cuff someone is NEVER done for the exact reason of what ends up happening, as Joshua manages to grab a gun from one of the officers. Only one officer would have been doing the deed in the real world, but it's clear this error in being completely against police protocol had to happen so the good guys could prevail over the villain.

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Factual error: Obviously done to spice up the action, but there would in no way be enough time for McClane to jump away when he sees the rising inferno of flames coming up the elevator, as it would be too fast and burn him to a crisp.

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