Bullet Train

Factual error: The criminals are carrying ten million dollars on the bullet train. They have placed the case in a luggage rack from where it is taken. The case is about the size of a normal aluminium attaché case. The largest denomination US bill in circulation is the $100 bill. It weighs approximately one gram. Ten million dollars would be 100,000 grams, or just over 220 pounds of $100 bills. Way too much to even fit in the case, and much less weigh as little as the actors make it to be, moving it around the way they do. Gold would be even heavier.

toroscan

Factual error: Mount Fuji lies near Tokyo. Yet you see Mount Fuji from the train between Nagoya and Kyoto. That is not possible.

Factual error: The real bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto only takes about 2 hours, rather than all night like the movie depicts.

Sanguis

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Suggested correction: At the beginning of the movie, at the Tokyo Station, the train arrives at 4:45 am.

Factual error: There's an early establishment of Tokyo, taken at street level, of a bullet train travelling left to right on a bridge above a street. This is immediately due west of Akihabara station and any image search will quickly confirm this. Only local commuter trains use this bridge. Also, no trains on that bridge go to Tokyo. The bridge runs east-west. Akihabara station is close to and directly north of Tokyo station, meaning any such train has an immediate 90 degree turn just right off screen. (00:07:25)

Factual error: A front view of the "Boonslang" snake with its mouth open shows fangs in front, but a Boonslang snake has back - or rear-fangs, meaning they are located further back in the mouth (near the jaw). The fangs should be below the snake's eyes, not near its nose. (01:11:15)

KeyZOid

Factual error: In one scene a phone call states that boomslang venom was used to kill a person. The caller states that the venom congeals the blood, makes a person exude blood from every orifice, and if an antidote is not administered in 30 seconds you are dead. A lot of this is wrong. The venom does make you eventually bleed profusely, but you have a 24-48 hour window to administer antivenom, and if it congealed the blood, it means it would make the blood clot, not make the person bleed. (00:54:50)

toroscan

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Suggested correction: Although I agree that "A lot of this is wrong", I don't entirely agree with your rationale and/or wording. It can take 24-48 hours (or even up to 5 days) to succumb to the Boonslang's bite, so I don't believe you have a 24-48 hour window to administer antivenom"; it would be too late to prevent death. "If it congealed the blood, it means it would make the blood clot, not make the person bleed" - yes and no. Venom causes both coagulation and hemorrhaging but in different areas of the body.

KeyZOid

I used the information on the National Institutes of Health, nih.gov. I quote: "Traditionally, it has been taught that there is a window period of 24-48 h after a Boomslang bite to administer antivenom."

toroscan

Antivenom is at least worth a try.

KeyZOid

"Coagulation" is the preferred term when referring to blood. Although "congealed" is used, congealed typically refers to food substances that gel or harden.

KeyZOid

I used the quotes given by the actors in the program. Congealed is what they said. Yet they also said the victim would bleed out. Confusing. Thanks for the info.

toroscan

I was clarifying my substitution of the word "coagulation" for "congealed", not criticizing your usage of "congealed" (the word that was used in the movie). Yes, it is confusing! (You're welcome).

KeyZOid

Factual error: During a fight, a person is thrown against a glass partition window and the glass shatters. Trains use toughened safety glass in their construction and would not shatter like that.

toroscan

Factual error: The criminals are carrying ten million dollars on the bullet train. They have placed the case in a luggage rack from where it is taken. The case is about the size of a normal aluminium attaché case. The largest denomination US bill in circulation is the $100 bill. It weighs approximately one gram. Ten million dollars would be 100,000 grams, or just over 220 pounds of $100 bills. Way too much to even fit in the case, and much less weigh as little as the actors make it to be, moving it around the way they do. Gold would be even heavier.

toroscan

More mistakes in Bullet Train

The Hornet: One little prick, and you know what happens?
Ladybug: Yes.
The Hornet: Your blood congeals, clotting your veins. You bleed out of your fucking eye socket.
Ladybug: I said yes!

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Trivia: Shortly after the credits start, there is an extra scene revealing that Lemon survived plunging off the train and was driving the truck that killed The Prince, thus avenging his brother's death.

Tricia Webster

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