Continuity mistake: During the big fight scene at the end of the movie, both Nick and Sato become totally saturated and covered in mud. Nick defeats Sato, and is shown to have immediately arrested Sato and brought him to the police station. It is clear they came directly to the station from the fight, yet there is now hardly any mud on either of them.
Continuity mistake: When Patrick Swazee's brother is in the van and is being chased by the guys trying to steal the van, the guys place a blue light on the roof of the car. The first shot of the car the light is on the passenger side. In all the rest of the shots, the light is on the driver's side of the car.
Factual error: When Sylvester Stallone is being thrown in a cell for 6 weeks (in his underpants only), he got out of it (after 6 weeks) freshly shaved.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Sean Connery is in prison & Matthew Broderick is visiting - the camera alternates between looking into the cell (at Sean) and looking out (at Matthew). Watch the hands that are holding on to the cell bars - they move each time you get a new shot.
Factual error: In the opening scene when the guys are shooting craps, Little Quick shoots the large man squarely between the eyes. The man wasn't looking downward and it would have been impossible for a 4 foot tall kid to shoot a 6 foot tall man at that angle squarely in the forehead.
Continuity mistake: The box of Marlboro cigarettes next to Buster's [Kiefer Sutherland] left hand did not have a lighter on top of it, but there was a lighter atop the pack after an angle shift. Buster was holding a newspaper with his left hand and had a cigarette in his right, so the lighter just suddenly appeared. Seconds later, the lighter was gone. (00:04:34 - 00:05:02)
Plot hole: Given the store's being bought by a retail chain like Kroger's there's no reason Bill's partner can't sell him his share in it, get half the price they're receiving for it then have Bill make quarterly payments to him. They could've also got the new owners to keep Bill on as manager as well as keep their employees or void the sale.
Character mistake: When the platoon is walking to the village the next morning after the firefight in the jungle the previous night Brownie is shown walking with no sleeves on his fatigues then later on right before he's shot and killed by the VC he's shown with sleeves on but rolled up when talking to Ericsson near the farmer in the rice paddy.
Character mistake: Despite being blind, Erika Breen's able to locate light switches and door knobs throughout the movie without feeling for them like a blind person would do.