The top mistakes in Letters from a Killer http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1602 en Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:55:10 +0000 10450 In a prison scene quite early in the film, Patrick Swayze's character is seen playing the 'final move' in a chess game against the warden. As he moves his piece he says, "check mate" but if you look closely and if you have any knowledge of chess you will notice that it is not check mate at all.