Character mistake: When Xander tells Yelena "There must be something we can use", she goes through the manual and reads aloud "Harpoon, gun, parachutes built into seats, ejectable roof." Minutes later, Xander says that they must have missed something, and she says "Weapons, there are more weapons here in the back", and there's the harpoon gun she already read about earlier, she was even on that page of the manual. (01:43:50)
Sammo
12th Sep 2020
XXX (2002)
11th Sep 2020
XXX (2002)
Character mistake: In the theater, Gibbons tells Xander that the scientists Anarchy99 have on their payroll are "specialized in biological weapons." But Silent Night, as it turns out, is not a virus or toxin, but it's chemical based, so their old Soviet creation they are specialized in is not a 'biological weapon' at all. (01:08:15)
11th Sep 2020
XXX (2002)
Character mistake: Xander is nicknamed "Triple X" by Augustus Gibbon because he is, in his words, facing a triple strike; "Grand theft auto, reckless endangerment and that little bridge stunt of yours." While there is judicial precedent of two felonies committed in the same act counting as separate strikes when the same person ended up in court for a third one, the three strikes law is designed to fight recidivism, and Xander, apparently a first time offender, wouldn't instantly be put away for life because he committed multiple crimes at the same time. Incidentally, reckless endangerment is not a crime per se in California (but 'reckless driving' is); Gibbons however is not a lawyer of the State (character mistake) and possibly could just be bluffing trying to intimidate Xander. (00:30:30)
10th Sep 2020
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Character mistake: To compliment Xander Cage's physique, the overexcitable Becky tells him that he has 'guns' like 'the second terminator', specifying she means the 'liquid metal guy'. Robert Patrick surely didn't have 'big guns'. (00:29:40)
10th Sep 2020
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Character mistake: Toni Collette tells XXX that their plane has "Fuel tanks big enough to circumnavigate the globe three times without ever landing." The plane is a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, which while having remarkable tanks, can go for 5,200 nautical miles, around 10 thousand km, 1/4 of circumnavigating it once. Even if someone made a tank 'big enough' to back the bragging of the snotty CIA boss, it would weigh so much that it'd be impossible to take off (and consume a lot more fuel too), which is why you can refuel that plane in the air.
10th Sep 2020
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Character mistake: The astute Xander Cage is able to guess that the fake tourist approaching him is, in fact, a fake because he spoke to him in English and he couldn't have guessed he was not a local. Of all the possible hints, given the fact that everything about a guy who randomly sits next to you and starts talking to you saying vaguely ominous things is suspicious, especially if you are a former CIA agent on the run, Xander's reasoning does not hold much water there when you consider that he was reading a map in English, with notes scribbled all over also in English. Anyone could have guessed that, and the guy takes a good look at the map, in fact comments on it. Besides, the tourist could have simply been looking for someone in this foreign country who'd knew his own language, and someone who has obviously been abroad a lot could be a good candidate for that. (00:17:40)
7th Jun 2020
Kaiser Knuckle
Character mistake: The MC introduces Boggy in his ending saying that "He ARREVED on the scene like a meteor" and "his climbed up the stairs to stardom."
5th Jun 2020
Ten Little Indians (1974)
Character mistake: Ancient Persians had a penchant for capital punishment and elaborate tortures, but tying a woman to a column and/or strangling her from behind were not "the way the ancient Persians used to execute a murderess", despite what Lombard says. (00:33:50)
5th Jun 2020
Ten Little Indians (1974)
Character mistake: When the record plays, after Vera emphatically fists her own mouth, Hugh Lombard is called out on the murder of "Jennifer Hayes." A couple scenes later Vera is in the kitchen and asks him "What about that girl?" as they share a glass of milk. Lombard then asks back "Carol Hayes?" Spoiler; It may not be a plot hole but a mistake made by the character, since he is not the real Lombard but rather someone else posing as him. (00:18:10 - 00:32:10)
3rd Jun 2020
Kaiser Knuckle
Character mistake: During Lihua's ending, her newfound father tells her "You're mother was married when she was 15."
3rd Jun 2020
Kaiser Knuckle
Character mistake: In Wulong's ending, he says he's "leaveing" the criminal syndicate.
3rd Jun 2020
And Then There Were None (1945)
Character mistake: The killer in the original novel (and as reminded also in this adaptation) stages his homicides following the nursery rhyme; goes through great lengths to do that, including planting a bumblebee in the room, using a hatchet, etc. But Blore's death has nothing to do with a bear, since he gets crushed by bricks. Conveniently the rhyme is not mentiones by the characters at all for his death, while they were the first ones to recite the matching verse in all the other deaths. In the original novel, Blore gets killed by a heavy object shaped like a bear.
3rd Jun 2020
And Then There Were None (1945)
Character mistake: Blore accuses Lombard saying "What about those 21 poor natives in South Africa?" The record played during the first evening mentioned indeed 21 men, but that were natives of a tribe in East Africa. (00:14:20 - 01:10:10)
1st Jun 2020
Saint Seiya: Awakening
Character mistake: The in-fight taunt of Black Andromeda says "These chains will turn into snakes that will drain your HP." Nothing of the sorts happens in the game - no snake related effects or appearance, and most importantly, it's not an attack with a HP drain effect.
1st Jun 2020
Banner of the Maid
Character mistake: In the first pirate mission of the DLC, Vulture tells his subordinate; "Shut up, Crow! If it wasn't for you, how could we lost our job in the city guards?"
1st Jun 2020
Saint Seiya: Awakening
Character mistake: When Milo speaks with Crystal in Story mode about his master, he says; "If he hasn't done so, you probably have already died long before." That's not how conditional forms work.
1st Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian - S4-E12
Character mistake: Magnum quotes in his mind (right after the $20,000 turns up in Higgins' room) and then out loud (during the denouement) that "Old wounds heal slowly." The quote is from a movie he watched earlier...but it said "DEEP wounds heal better slowly." (00:30:55 - 00:35:40)
31st May 2020
Banner of the Maid
Character mistake: In the opening quest of the DLC "The Oriental Pirate", Mu Zhiyun says "I didn't sail this far to RETREIVE the treasure."
31st May 2020
Backbone
Character mistake: In the prologue, one of the possible answers to the club owner Clarissa before getting thrown out is "Too bad. I guess I'll find somewhere else to give my money too." That would be "give my money to", at most.
31st May 2020
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Character mistake: The graffiti shown in the cutscene for mission 2 says "Go for BROAK."
Suggested correction: This may have been intentional; misspelled graffiti is not uncommon in the US.
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