Continuity mistake: When Matrix's daughter brings the sandwiches and he talks about Boy George, the magazine is sometimes on top of the sandwich or side by side to the dish. (00:07:45)
Continuity mistake: After Matrix's daughter puts ice cream on him, the ice cream on both him and her's changes from higher and lower positions between shots. (00:05:30)
Continuity mistake: During the initial credits, the amount of ice cream on Matrix's nose and lip decreases between frames. (00:05:30)
Continuity mistake: When the movie ends and Matrix is about to get in the hydroplane, the faded paint on his nose becomes much darker. (01:26:10)
Continuity mistake: When Matrix arrives to the beach in a rubber boat he has black swim pants on. When he jumps out, they are grey (far shot). When the camera switches back to close up, the pants are black again. (01:07:00)
Continuity mistake: After killing the guy in the watchtower, Matrix kills 2 more guys coming out of a door, plus 2 showing up from behind. The first of these two falls on the ground, but disappears a second later. (01:10:50)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy and Matrix park the car in the mall's lot, a woman behind the car disappears between shots. (00:31:35)
Continuity mistake: After Cindy says "I've known you for 5 minutes and I want you dead, too", there's a shot of Matrix's face and all the cars suddenly disappear, only to reappear a second later from a different angle. (00:30:40)
Revealing mistake: During the airport scene involving the thug, Cindy and Matrix, the same extras are seen walking around the place over and over again.
Continuity mistake: Matrix exits the marsh with his arms soaking wet. When he sets the watch, half a second later, the arm is dry. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: Matrix enters his home and a baddie holds a paper heart. The position of his hand differs between shots, notice the fingers on the second "D" and later on on the yellow paper. (00:13:30)
Continuity mistake: When Matrix is home covering his daughter, the soldier's thumb next to him is bloody in the close-up angle, but clean in the wide angle. (00:12:20)
Continuity mistake: At home, Matrix enters the shack and presses button 1. In the immediate close-up, his finger is missing the button. (00:12:55)
Revealing mistake: When Cindy and Matrix enter the parking lot, Matrix / Arnold's stand-in is very noticeable, haircut and colour completely different. (00:31:05)
Factual error: When Cindy approaches the security guard to report Matrix, the guard calls backup. There is no antenna on his radio. (00:34:20)
Audio problem: During the phone-booth scene at the mall, the same woman's cry is heard over and over and over again. (00:36:00)
Continuity mistake: When Sully enters the parking lot there's a grey car on the exit ramp. Half a second later, when Cindy and Matrix follow, the car is already on the street, several metres ahead. (00:31:05)
Continuity mistake: Matrix's camouflage make-up changes style between shots (watch the thick line to the right side of the nose), furthermore, sometimes it's brilliant and shiny, others mat and dry, with no continuity at all. (01:07:25)
Continuity mistake: Matrix arrives at El Presidente's house and plants a bomb on the floor. In the close-up shot, grass and weeds appear next to the bomb. These later disappear. (01:10:25)
Continuity mistake: At the mall, when the cops approach Matrix he is either looking straight at them, or away and turning his head slowly. This changes back and forth randomly. (00:35:20)
Answer: Possibly so any surviving enemies they encountered on previous missions and or tours of duty couldn't hunt them down and kill them for revenge.