Continuity mistake: At the start, the store clerk opens the cash register. The shot shows the cops entering the store and he opens the cash register again. (00:01:25)
Continuity mistake: When Jack takes Natalie hostage he gets the store clerk to pass the guns. He kicks them to the other end of the store, camera cuts to Jack, then the guns and they have changed position. (00:04:50)
Continuity mistake: When Jack orders everyone on to the floor, the two cops and clerk are all stood together. When the camera cuts to the clerk diving on the floor they are spaced out more than they were in the previous shot. (00:05:30)
Continuity mistake: In the movie Christie Swanson drives a BMW 3 series coupe. In the scene where they were making love the car suddenly changes to a four door model then back to a two door. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: When Sheen and Swanson are leaving the convenience store they pass a late model Caprice cruiser. When he shoots the tyre out it shows a completely different car. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: During one of the first scenes in which a camera crew is riding with the cops, the view is from the rear of the cruiser looking through the windshield, and they are approaching a stop sign. The scene then changes camera angles and the conversation that had been taking place continues uninterrupted, but the background is suddenly completely different. (00:07:00)
Continuity mistake: When the two officers start to chase the BMW, the officer on the passenger seat takes off his sunglasses and puts on normal glasses. In the next shot (from the point of view of the news team) he wears the sunglasses again. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the film when they're in the car, Natalie drops the cigarette lighter on Jack's trousers. Shortly afterward, the whole car is full of smoke. After they turn around a sharp corner, the camera switches to an outside shot in which the smoke is gone. In the next shot, back in the car, the smoke reappears. (00:10:40)
Factual error: When the red BMW hits the curb just before joining the freeway he does so at 70. Hitting the curb at 70 would cause a blowout. (00:17:10)
Continuity mistake: When the car joins the freeway, the revs meter in the car is shown to be hovering at 6,000 rpm. The camera cuts to an angle behind Jack, but the rev meter is now staying at just 2,000 rpm. This is an instant cut so no time for the dial to drop. (00:17:40)
Continuity mistake: Just after the chase has joined the freeway, one of the following cop cars has got a bit of green shrubbery caught in their bumper. Depending on the shot, this bit of foliage disappears and reappears. (00:17:40)
Revealing mistake: When driving along the freeway, there is a reflection in the windscreen of some clouds. For about three minutes, this reflection does not move. If you're traveling at over 80mph as shown, surely in three minutes the reflection would have changed. (00:21:15)
Continuity mistake: Throughout most of the film, the position of the following police car with the tv crew changes places instantly. (00:22:00)
Continuity mistake: As the police car flips over on the highway, a roll cage appears inside the car just in time for the flip. (00:27:20)
Revealing mistake: When the police car flips on the highway, we can see the film crew in the other car filming it. In this shot you can see the canister used to flip the car on the highway. (00:27:20)
Continuity mistake: When the cops first pull up beside the BMW and Jack pulls a gun out to shoot the cop with the shotgun, he hits a bump and blows the cop car's tire, causing it to flip. They show it flip behind the BMW, but the other 2 cop cars (on the passenger side and behind the BMW) have disappeared. (00:27:25)
Continuity mistake: When the police car flips on the highway, there is no number on the roof of the car. Just after it hits the ground, number 805 has appeared on the roof of the car. (00:27:25)
Continuity mistake: When the police car flips on the highway, there is a light bar on top of the car. As it lands on its wheels, there is no light bar or any sign that a light bar should be there. (00:27:30)
Continuity mistake: After Jack shoots out the cop car tire, Natalie accuses Jack of being "the epitome of violence". Jack then grabs her arm at the wrist. The camera angle changes and he's holding her hand. Camera angle changes back and he's holding her wrist again. (00:28:55)
Continuity mistake: When the news broadcast shows the police car flipping on the highway, it is different to how the actual car flipped. (00:33:25)
