Best thriller movie revealing mistakes of 2004

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The Village picture

Revealing mistake: When Ivy is running along the path in the woods, right before she bumps into the wall there are two large tree branches lying in her way. She shortens her steps and hops over both of them, even though her walking stick never touches them and she should have no indication that they're there.

Krista

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The Punisher picture

Revealing mistake: As the truck that Castle's wife is driving flips, you can see a burst of smoke or compressed air under the passenger side. Once the truck has stopped rolling, you can see a piece of U-channel bolted across the underside with a cylinder on the passenger side, which was used to help the truck roll over.

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Man on Fire picture

Revealing mistake: In the rave club, right before Creasy fires the sawed-off shotgun at the woman who's trying to hide, the part of the wall that will be blown out is visible (it's a patched-up circle). (01:28:30)

DBC

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National Treasure picture National Treasure mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Ben and Ian get the two different fingerprints from two different people, Mr. Ferguson [random security guard] and Abigail Chase, they are the exact same fingerprints. This can be confirmed on the DVD with pause and zoom. Moreover, the two scans show exactly the same emphasis/pressure on different regions within the print, with more light and detail on the left side and little in the center. (00:39:15)

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The Final Cut picture

Revealing mistake: Robin Williams is working on Bannister's rememory, scanning newspaper articles. Under the first headline, "Bannister Eyes Future," the copy reads, "Whoever wrote these headlines had as much fun as I did setting them in type and formatting them into newspaper articles. But then, this sort of headline appears in the paper regularly, so maybe we all just want to have fun. Fun: such a precious commodity these days."

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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid picture

Revealing mistake: When Bill sets the tribe's hut on fire, everything lights up instantly and within moments the whole thing is alight, although it takes longer than that for a whole hut that size to set in flames.

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Godsend picture

Revealing mistake: When Richard hits Paul over the head with the candlestick, Paul reacts to the blow way before it actually connects.

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Exorcist: The Beginning picture

Revealing mistake: After the power goes out at Sarah's hospital, she lights a candle. While she's walking along with it, it's obvious it's not made of wax. It looks like it's made out of plaster.

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Cube Zero picture Cube Zero mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the man is melting after being covered in acid in the beginning, you can see a wire pulling the "melted skin" off his arm, at the bottom of the frame briefly. (00:04:00)

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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement picture

Revealing mistake: When Mia meets Asana at her birthday party and asks what she's been up to, Asana replies "oh, partying girl" with a British accent. Then when Asana is talking about Prince Jaques, the accent is gone. Then, at the slumber party, her accent slightly returns.

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Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse picture

Revealing mistake: At the end of the movie, where Commisar Niemans and his partner are in a firefight with a group of "angels", one of the bad guys is firing a Minimi machine-gun. When the camera zooms in, you can see that the weapon is fed with blank rounds.

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Collateral picture Collateral mistake picture

Revealing mistake: In the train scene if you look closely at Vincent's ear as he steps off the train ready to shoot Max and Annie, it looks like he has an earpiece or some kind of small blood pack in his ear. (01:44:05)

The-Immortal

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Suggested correction: He could, in fact have an earpiece/hearing aid in place, and what with the wild night he's been having, the accident and all, a blood pack is not out of place either.

dizzyd

It's visible that just a little amount of blood dried up in the ear. Not any earpiece or blood pack.

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The Machinist picture

Revealing mistake: After Trevor is hit by the VW Bug, the arm he lands on disappears partially into the street, making the CGI obvious.

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Mindhunters picture

Revealing mistake: After Jonny Lee Miller gets shot in the head, he slowly falls into the water, facing Sara and Gabe. In the next shot, he has turned towards the water. If you watch closely, you can also see him turn his head so he doesn't hit the face on the water surface. (01:34:15)

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Cellular picture

Revealing mistake: During Sergeant Mooney's second visit to the Martin home, he kicks over the fishbowl in order to divert Bayback's attention to him shooting at her. When she falls backwards after being hit, her arm pulls open her jacket and you can see that the blood spot was already there. (Go frame by frame) (00:58:10)

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Kill Bill: Volume 2 picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene where Pai Mei shows Beatrix the short punch through the timber, the hole he punched through it is not solid wood but a fake veneer, MUCH thinner than the timber that is shown. (00:53:40)

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Club Dread picture

Revealing mistake: When the crew discovers Coconut Pete's dead body if you take a quick look at him before they cut away you can tell he wasn't really dead because his mouth moves right before they cut away from him.

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Highwaymen picture Highwaymen mistake picture

Revealing mistake: After the El Dorado hits Boone's car and is just about to drag it, there is a quick glimpse of its front license plate. The letters are reversed, indicating that it is a flipped shot. (00:28:20)

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The Whole Ten Yards picture

Revealing mistake: When Oz asks Strabo "How is that implant treating you?", the camera start moving sideways from behind Strabo. When the camera gets to the side of Strabo we can see a paper on the wall swinging behind Strabo. This paper is swinging because a crew member has bumped into it. (00:14:35)

Mortug

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