Three Kings (1999) - 21 mistakes

Factual error: It is said in the film that Ice Cube's character works in an airport in Detroit. When the scene shows Ice Cube at work as a baggage handler, there are mountains in the background. There are no mountains in the Detroit area.

Continuity: In one scene, some of Saddam's troops pour oil all over Mark Whalberg's face (while forcing him to bite down on a CD so it runs into his mouth) in an attempt to torture him. The next scene, when he is rescued, he has nothing but the requisite smudges and "movie dirt" on his face. Apparently the Iraqis decided to clean the oil slick off of his face before he got rescued.

Factual error: At times in the movie we see George Clooney handle solid bars of gold as if they were made of balsa wood, or chocolate. Gold is one of the heaviest metals, and bars the size of those depicted in the movie would weigh about 75 pounds.

Continuity: Right after Troy and Chief try and pick up the luggage full of gold and it falls to the floor, Chief (Ice Cube) grabs what looks like a leather duffel bag and says something like, "these bags will hold about 65 pounds each."  But in a previous post, someone said each of those gold bars would weigh about 75 lbs. So that means one bag, one bar....

Continuity: When the soldiers are leaving the village the 1st time a man runs after the truck screaming to take him with and jumps on the truck. You can see others close to him. However, when the camera angle gives a long shot of the truck and village you can see there is no-one near the truck.

Continuity: Directly after Amir's wife is shot Amir runs and puts his tied-up arms around his daughter, holding her face-to-face. In the next shot the girl is turned around with her back towards him.

Continuity: When Ron takes off in a helicopter after his argument with Archie, Archie gets bothered by the wind. You can see that both his hands are empty, but when he covers his face with his hands he is holding a pair of sunglasses.

Continuity: After the milk truck is shot at the four protagonists dive away from a door to avoid the blast. In the next shot Archie lands meters away, far beyond jumping distance. Then they are swept back to the door by the resulting milk flood, and when Archie gets up it's again far away from the door, against the direction of the flood.

Visible crew/equipment: Right after the argument between Archie and Ron you see for a second the silhouette of a cameraman rushing by in front, almost covering the whole screen.

Revealing: When an Iraqi soldier shoots a grenade at the milk truck he aims too high to hit the truck.

Revealing: When they find the paper map sticking out the Iraqi soldier's bottom it is neatly rolled up and straight. One should imagine it being quite crumpled after having spent some time in this particular hiding place.

Continuity: When you see Chief Elgin working at the baggage belt a suitcase pops open and stuff falls out. He throws everything into the lid, but when he closes it the lid is empty.

Continuity: When the Middle Eastern woman/mother is shot in the head by the Iraqi soldier the gun is about level with her temple but the blood spray comes from her upper cheek level.

Factual error: Many people through the film are speaking Arabic and they are mostly Iraqi, but they are speaking dialects similar to Syrians & Lebanese.

Plot hole: When Archie and the others take the castle acting as Saddam and his guard two Iraqi soldiers come running out, passing by Archie and Chief, for some reason not looking at them and thus not noticing their American uniforms.

Revealing: When Troy's torturer tells him how his son was killed by falling concrete there's a flashback where one can see that the boy is a dummy.

Revealing: When the castle is being attacked, Ice Cube dives away from an explosion. If you watch it in slow motion, you can see it's his stunt double.

Continuity: When the soldiers are leaving the village the 1st time, a man runs after the truck screaming to take him with and jumps on the truck. Troy pushes him off wearing sunglasses, in the next shot he has no glasses visible.

Factual error: The stolen cars from Kuwait have Saudi Arabian registration plates instead of Kuwaiti ones.

Continuity: Just after they have loaded up the truck with the gold, Amir's wife is shot. When he runs over to meet his daughter at her mother's side he puts his arms around her, but in the next shot his hands are behind the little girl. There was no time for him to move them.

Other: When the milk truck tips over, look at the wheels on the trailer - they're cocked to the left so it can slide without flipping.