The Bank Job (2008) - 14 mistakes

Factual error: At one point there's a shot of the entrance to Baker Street underground station with directions to the Hammersmith and City Line. This did not exist in 1971 - then it was called the Metropolitan Line.

Factual error: We see Jason Statham walking into a shop in 1971 which has a Visa/Barclaycard logo on the door. Only problem with that is that the name Visa wasn't brought in until 1977.

Revealing: As Terry and Martine approach Le Sac shop, you can see reflections in the window of that shop of trees. This gives away the fact this was a custom built set (as shown in the extras) and not the real location in London.

Continuity: They spend the weekend tunneling, but are relatively pristine when they emerge into the vault. No way.

Continuity: When Terry confronts Martine about the real reason for robbing the bank, Martine's coat goes from done up to open to done up again in about 5 seconds. A minute or so later it again goes from done up to open from one shot to the next.

Revealing: When Terry hits the old man to the floor it's clear that under the grey coat is padding, to protect the actor.

Factual error: The light blue Mercedes has a registration plate of GHA 78L - the L registration suffix was released on 01 August 1972 until 31 July 1973. The scene was set in September 1971.

Factual error: The radio equipment that the radio amateur uses has a plastic fan attached on it. These fans can only be found at the power supplying units of modern computers.

Factual error: They did not sufficiently warm up the end of the thermic lance either time they used it. The welding rods must be at melting point prior to turning on the oxygen - this would take considerably longer than the couple of seconds they took.

Factual error: They dig a tunnel in West London and should therefore be tunneling through London Clay. But the substance they tunnel through isn't London Clay. The actual crime scene photos in the 'Bonus Features' also show London Clay. Furthermore, the substrate that they do tunnel through would require shoring, but none is used.

Factual error: One of the guitarists in the wedding band at Eddie's wedding reception is playing an RKS guitar. This guitar was not introduced to the market until 2005.

Factual error: In the end credits, the characters are grouped into categories - the category "THE VILLAINS" is misspelled as "THE VILLIANS".

Factual error: When Terry makes a phone call to the garage to see if Eddie is ok, Ingrid the receptionist tells him that unless he wants to see Eddie again he must call a number beginning with 01946. However, in 1971 the entire area code of London began with 01, it wasn't changed until May 1990 where it split into 2 different area codes. As the film is only taking place in London involving all characters, the area code doesn't need to be given unless Lew Vogel was elsewhere.

Factual error: The opening scene, set in 1970, is played over the song "Get it On (Bang a Gong)" by T. Rex. That song wasn't released until 1971. [Note: since the film is more or less the true depiction of a real event, the appearance of a 1971 song in 1970 is anachronistic.]