Continuity mistake: When Dylan enters Thaddeus' prison cell and begins looking around, there is a clock on the wall showing 7:52. As Thaddeus walks into the cell seconds later, the time on the clock is suddenly 7:55. (00:40:39)
Continuity mistake: The analogue clock on the wall in Thaddeus' prison cell goes back in time by 5 minutes from 7:57 to 7:52. (00:42:10)
Continuity mistake: At the magic shop, when Daniel is reading out the list to Li, Daniel first has his right hand on the paper, but in the next shot, he is holding the paper with his left hand. (00:44:20)
Continuity mistake: When Merritt and Chase leave the magic shop to go for a drink, Jack has his hand placed on top of a reverse rain machine. The shot then cuts to a closer angle of the reverse rain machine where his hand is no longer on top of it. (00:45:20)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan is leaving the prison with Thaddeus, it is night time. But later on in the movie, when the FBI director and Agent Cowan are watching the CCTV footage of Dylan and Thaddeus leaving the prison, the time on the CCTV shows them leaving the prison at 14:10, the middle of the day. (00:46:10 - 01:08:09)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan and Thaddeus are leaving the prison and are about to get into the car, Thaddeus tells Dylan his sources are telling him the Horsemen are in Macau. When he finishes the line, he is looking down at the car, but in the next shot, Thaddeus is suddenly looking at Dylan. (00:46:30)
Continuity mistake: When Lula is showing Jack the belt that she pick-pocketed, she is holding the belt with the buckle dangling at the bottom, but in the next shot, the belt is suddenly being held by the buckle. (00:47:30)
Continuity mistake: While Chase and Merritt are drinking in the bar, in one shot Chase is wearing sunglasses, in the next shot the sunglasses have disappeared. (00:48:10)
Continuity mistake: When Merritt and Chase are talking at the bar, they are sitting side by side facing the bar, but when the shot changes, they are suddenly turned 90° to face each other. (00:48:30)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan and Thaddeus are first seen inside the plane, Thaddeus says, "I've had ample time to do some research and you know..." while leaning forward in the seat he is sitting in. When the shot cuts, he is leaning back against the seat. (00:49:25)
Continuity mistake: While on the plane, Dylan walks over to Thaddeus' seat to berate him. In the shots focusing on Thaddeus, Dylan has his hand placed on the top of the seat, but in the shots focusing on Dylan, his hand cannot be seen on the top of the seat. (00:51:05)
Continuity mistake: When the Horsemen arrive at the Macau Science Centre, Allen Scott-Frank tries talking with the South African gangster and is ignored. The gangster rolls up the window and the shot cuts to the Horsemen. Daniel is shown looking towards Merritt, but when Allen says "or not" in the next shot, Daniel is suddenly looking at Allen. (00:54:05)
Continuity mistake: When Allen mentions an email that Lula sent, Daniel is shown turning his head to the right to look at Merritt and Jack in a moment of confusion. It then cuts to a closer shot of Daniel and Lula, where Daniel's head is suddenly turned to the left to face Lula. (00:55:07)
Continuity mistake: When Merritt sneezes, he says, "I must be allergic to something in here," and turns his head around to face one of the security guards. In the next shot, he is suddenly looking straight forwards at Allen. (00:57:23)
Continuity mistake: When Daniel is being given a pat down by the security guard, there is a shot where Lula is shown in the background and is the focus of the shot. She has her arms raised, but when it cuts to a closer shot of her, her arms are lowered. A security guard also appears behind her when the shot cuts. (00:59:40)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan finds the safe that his father used while in the magic shop, he has his right hand placed on the top of the safe. In the next shot, he opens the safe, but his forearm cannot be seen next to his face, like it was in the previous shot, indicating his hand is not on top of the safe. (01:05:48)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan meets up with Daniel in Macau, Daniel tells him he cannot be seen with him. Daniel's hands are by his side, but in the next shot, he is suddenly has one hand on his ear. (01:08:55)
Continuity mistake: Daniel is about to give the chip to Walter and Dylan rushes in to stop him. When Daniel first takes out the chip, he has it in his right hand, but when Dylan pushes him up against the wall, the chip is suddenly in his left hand. (01:11:15)
Continuity mistake: Dylan tricks one of Walter's men into running into a glass window. Once the glass shatters, he has his left hand over his mouth (before beginning to lower it), and his right arm is lowered. When the shot cuts, he has both hands closed into fists and raised to his stomach. (01:12:22)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan is on the boat with Walter and Tressler, there is a bloody cut on his bottom lip, but when he is rescued by the Horsemen minutes later, the bloody cut has suddenly vanished. The cut reappears when Dylan and the Horsemen are talking in the next scene. (01:15:05 - 01:22:15)
Answer: The entire sequence in London was all a montage. It is never really established if all of the scenes that took place there were coinciding with each other. The scene where Jack hypnotises Chase could have easily taken place after he had finished the street show.
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