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When Rika comes to Riggs' trailer he offers her a chair, and she sits down twice in different camera angles. See more...

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The first time we see Riggs in his trailer, there's an advert for some new aftershave called "Hero" on the TV. During the attack on his trailer later, there's a close-up shot of a bottle of aftershave being destroyed - freeze-frame it and you'll see the brand: "Hero" again. See more...

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Directed by Richard Donner, starring Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Mel Gibson (add more)

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

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When Riggs is on the recovery truck, he drops his gun and it lands on the left side of the road, but when Leo picks it up after Roger stops the car, its now on the opposite side of the road. [This is incorrect. Riggs drops the gun onto the right-hand side of the road, which is the same side Leo retrieves it from.]
Edit Corrected by mightymick
When Murtaugh meets up with Riggs before he destroys the stilt house, you hear the tires of both their vehicles screech as they stop, yet they are on a gravel road. [I've squealed tires accelarating from a stop too fast on a gravel road before, so it's almost certain that the opposite is also possible.]
Edit Corrected by Phixius
When the car blasts out the container, the pallets which the money was on, don't come out with the money. [Thin wooden pallets; the car drove over them when it plowed into the money.]
Edit Corrected by BocaDavie
When the helicopters approach Riggs' trailer it's late night, but from inside it looks as if sunlight is falling through the window (the little lamp in front could not provide such brightness. [My local Police Force bases it's helicopter at my local RAF base, and I've stood next to it. The lamp mounted under it is only some 12-16 inches in diameter, but produces something like a million candlepower or more.]
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When Riggs is thrown underwater he dislocates his shoulder to free himself, and as he does this he properly just rests his right arm at his side. However, once the jacket thing is off, he spots Rika and frantically swims to her. When he does this he uses both his right and left arm. After dislocating my shoulder three times, I can guarantee you it's nearly impossible to swim like he did with even the lightest degree of a dislocated shoulder. It's not a matter of being able to deal with the pain of moving your arm (which at that moment Riggs probably could've done), but the fact that a dislocated shoulder doesn't allow the arm to flex/move or rotate much farther than from your side. This is also made apparent as a deliberate 'mistake' when he climbs up and kills both men, then reduces (relocates) his shoulder. A dislocated shoulder pretty much limits most movement of said arm. [Even given your personal experience, it is still only your opinion. I, myself, have dislocated my shoulder many times, since an accident in my early teens. I can move my arm in an almost full range of motion even when it is dislocated, but it hurts like hell. If I saw the woman I was in love with underwater, the pain wouldn't matter.]
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In the beginning, when Riggs and Murtagh are chasing the BMW the red police beacon can be seen flashing inside the windscreen. When it then cuts to a conversation between Riggs and Murtagh inside the car and you can see the beacon but it's not on. Then it then cuts to the outside of the car and the beacon can be seen flashing once again. [The beacon is still on, but it has a back shield on it to keep it from blinding the driver. The flashing can just barely be noticed around the beacon where it meets the glass.]
Edit Corrected by John W Rosa
Murtaugh and Riggs are partners since the first movie, they've been working cases together, drive together, Riggs has extra clothes at Murtaugh's house and yet Riggs had no idea that Murtaugh was having construction done, asking if it was an oxygen tent. Murtaugh is showing Riggs the garage and hobby room as if he'd never discussed it with him before. And it's not as if they just broke ground, the job is halfway complete, with the frame up and all. Obviously the dialogue was done for the viewer, not for the characters. [If it's obvious that this exposition was done for the viewers, then it's not a mistake. It's an accepted film making technique.]
Edit Corrected by wizard_of_gore
Before Riggs tears down the embassy he and Murtaugh are seen outside discussing the course of action. Around them there's thick fog that disappears completely between shots. [Not fog. As the vehicles arrive, Riggs' truck slides sideways a bit, kicking up dust that slowly disapates during the scene.]
Edit Corrected by John W Rosa Time
Another gag that's too far from reality: How on earth can a car pull a supporting beam of solid mansion out the foundation? [While this event is not very likely, the design of such a 'stilt' is intended to hold a vertical load (the weight of the house) up. The angled braces help to control lateral motion created by wind and such. Neither of these is designed to withstand deliberate attempts to pull the stilt out sideways near its base. Is it as easy to do as shown in the film? Perhaps not, but not impossible.]
Edit Corrected by John W Rosa Time
In the scene where Riggs pulls the stilts out from under the house you can see the rear end come out from under the truck but then he backs up and jerks it again. [The axle is never shown coming free. At one point, the rear end of the truck lifts upward, allowing the wheels to drop quite a bit, but this is the effect of unloading the trucks weight from its rear leaf springs (jack up a car with a scissor jack under the rocker panel to see the same effect). Regardless, the cable he is using is attached to the truck frame, not the axle, so he can yank like this 'til the transmission fails and the axle mounts will never be at risk.]
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When Danny Glover is thrown out of the South African's office, one of the security people turns his hand as if to lock the door. Yet for the rest of the scene, the door is shown the whole time and there is NO lock on the door. This apparent lock-free policy is keeping a whole heap of protesters outside. [No one actually makes a move to lock the doors, they simply hold them closed 'til they feel Roger isn't intending to come back in. The protestors outside surely know that entering would be trespassing, so they remain outside by choice, not because of locks. Lastly, there's no reason the doors can't have remote-controlled electronic locks (especially since they are the front doors of a very real bank lobby used for this scene).]
Edit Corrected by John W Rosa
In the scene with the dive into the hotel pool the hotel balcony is protected by a solid wall. Therefore, only Riggs, who was rolling on the room service trolley, would have had a chance to fly over it, whereas Leo and the attacker should have ran into the wall. [It isn't a 'solid wall' but an orange metal railing. Such railings only come up to about waist level. Given the forward momentum of all three struggling men, they could easily have lost balance and toppled over the railing.]
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When Murtaugh and Leo pull up to is house he tells Leo to stay in the car and don't go anywhere. Leo I think he says he's cold so Murtaugh turns the car on. While Murtaugh is in the house the bad guys jump in the car and the guy in the drivers seat starts the car when it was already running. [There is a significant period of time between the shots, more than enough time for Leo to turn the car off, which he would do when the car was warm enough.]
Edit Corrected by jhoffman100@yahoo.com
Just before Riggs walks in on Roger on the toilet, outside of the house Leo asks Riggs whether he should ring 999 as an officer is in distress. [Character mistake. Leo has no idea what the code is for an office in distress.]
Edit Corrected by wizard_of_gore
When Riggs is explaining to Murtaugh's wife how he found out his wife was killed, this is not how it happens (in the US). No police department would come upon a wreck and not personally (or have the agency where the officer lives) notify Riggs of his wife's death. The police community is too close. Maybe small town PD's don't but LAPD has directives on how to handle family member deaths for officers. Even if Riggs weren't an officer, no police department or hospital or doctor notifies anyone's immediate family of a serious / tragic death by phone and then asks them to drive to the morgue to "sign the body out" (identify the remains). They would tell them to come to the hospital, or wherever, making sure they have a ride, and then tell them about the death in person. [This falls under "what should" be done or "what could" be done. Just because it wasn't done, doesn't make it a mistake.]
Edit Corrected by Rlvlk
During the opening car chase, a car pulls out in front of Riggs and Murtaugh and blocks their path. Just before it pulls out, the headlights on Murtaugh's station wagon flash which is the cue for the other stunt driver to move. [We don't know for sure it is a signal for the car to move. During a cat chase, the occupants get thrown around and slide around on the seat, etc, making it more than possible the light switch can be switched on or off, let alone the fact that a short in the wiring could also cause it. Stunt drivers are generally using radios and have rehearsed the scene ad infinitum to do the scene, and flashing headlights may not be clear as a signal.]
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In the opening scenes, Murtaugh and Riggs are pursuing and keeping up with a far faster BMW 635i in a big heavy Oldsmobile Delta 88 Wagon. Anyone who knows anything about cars knows that there is NO way a Delta 88 wagon could keep up with a BMW 635i in any pursuit. [It is a stretch, but a lot depends on the driver, the grade of the road and unknown modifications can also factor in.]
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This film was banned in South Africa in 1989. The trailers played on TV but after about a week the movie disappeared without a trace. It was eventually shown on TV in 1998. [The movie was far from being banned in South Africa and "disappearing without a trace", it was passed uncut by the South African censor board (albeit with a heavy age restriction) and was one of the most popular releases that year.]
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When Leo gets his Subway sandwich, he complains that it's tuna. When he holds it up you can see a dark red lunch meat, like salami. [Doesn't mean it can't have tuna on it.]
Edit Corrected by Phixius
In the scene where Murtah is fighting with the two guys in his garage he shoots them with a nail gun. These nail guns run on compressed air, yet there is no air hose attached to the gun. You can see this when he raises the gun to shoot the guy through the plastic. [It is a cordless nail gun. It uses a black powder charge, like a blank round for a gun, to power the gun. Both cops pull their guns on the contractor in an earlier scene when the nail gun is first used.]
Edit Corrected by Rlvlk

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