Corrected entry: When they are going down the sewer in Beverly Hills the woman goes first while "Snake" closes the manhole. Next shot he is in front of her. (00:43:00)
DavidRTurner
27th Aug 2001
Escape From L.A. (1996)
7th Nov 2003
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Corrected entry: The hang gliding scene couldn't work because there is no way these people could fly these things. Flying a professionally designed glider takes several hours of training, yet these people manage to fly these home-made ones with great ease. (01:16:05)
Correction: Their ability to fly a hang-glider is not known to us. They are all tough guys; Snake is known to have been a soldier, so the others could have been as well. If so, their training could have included hang-gliding. This is supposition, but so is the claim of a mistake.
7th Sep 2003
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Corrected entry: When Snake shoots the surgeon general with the dart there are two reasons why that wouldn't work - 1) There isn't any muscle tissue and the skin is too thin for the dart to stick most likely. 2) The tranquilizer would never take effect that quick unless it was injected into a muscle where the blood supply is greater. Intramuscular is the preferred method for fast-acting injections. (00:41:55)
Correction: This is a future society, where technology has move forward (the guns, computer tablets, micro-discs...) so it's very feasible that a fast-acting drug has been created.
16th Jul 2013
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Corrected entry: When surrounded by Cuervo's men, Snake calls for Bangkok Rules. He tosses up the can, shoots the guys down, and the can hits the ground. When it does, it rolls like a regular can, but then it rights itself and sits open end up. This defies the laws of physics. It was either pulled, set with magnets, or it was very bad CG. (00:34:45)
Correction: The can lands, but does not 'roll' as stated. It bounces a couple of times, before landing upright. While it certainly does look like an unnatural movement, in slo-mo, you can see it hitting the lip on the ground and bouncing back/upright. It doesn't quite look real, but it is possible (not likely, but 'possible') that by chance, the can actually moved like that.
7th Sep 2003
Escape From L.A. (1996)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Snake "surfs" onto the Caddy right before Eddy stops the car you see that the left taillight lens is broken (bright white light). But after Snake gets in the driver's seat and takes off the light is red again. (01:09:10)
Correction: There are 2 tail lights on each fin of the car. The left side, inner light, is the bright one - brighter than the other 3. But whether it's actually broken, or maybe a standard bulb was replaced with a brighter one, it is the same in both shots - broken or not.
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Correction: She is in front of Snake for the whole time they're climbing down into the sewer. Between the upper and lower ladders, for a moment it appears that Snake is in the lead (her back is to the camera, and looks like a man) - but Snake is above (behind) her in that scene.
DavidRTurner