Continuity mistake: After Beck drop kicked Harvey, he tries to get up on his feet while he is lying a foot away from a shelf. When it cuts to the shelf falling over him, he is lying right next to it. (00:25:10)
Continuity mistake: When the guy cuts the table in two with his whip, the table lands on the floor behind him. When it cuts to a close-up of him, the table is still in the air behind him. (00:25:40)
Deliberate mistake: When Beck and Travis dive off the road and roll down hill, their stunt doubles are quite noticeable in many of the shots down the hill. (00:26:35)
Continuity mistake: When The Rock and Seann William Scott are tumbling down the big hill, Seann William Scott is handcuffed as they start but throughout the scene is uncuffed and then cuffed as he tumbles. (00:27:30 - 00:28:25)
Continuity mistake: When Beck and Travis plunge into the water after their tumble, one shot shows the Jeep rotating numerous times as it falls towards the water, but then in the next shot, it shows the front section of the Jeep splashing into the water. (00:28:35)
Continuity mistake: In the jungle when Beck is handcuffing Travis he first takes Travis' arm behind Travis' neck. Then it cuts and both Travis' arms are behind his neck. When it cuts again both Travis' arms are behind his back being handcuffed. (00:30:20)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the rebel fight where Beck gets beat up by the rebels, he kicks Manito (the main rebel in the fight) on the ground and puts a knife to his throat. As soon as he does this, the knife in his hand is upward, when the shot switches, the knife is being held downward. (00:47:55)
Continuity mistake: Earlier in the movie when the "Konlabos" fruits are first introduced, they have a light green skin with little spikes or bumps on them. Later in the movie when Beck gives them to Billy and the bodyguards, the fruit is dark green with smooth skin. (01:05:30 - 01:34:35)
Continuity mistake: When Travis Walker is fighting the guy in the store, if you watch the window as he is doing his "thunder lighting" effect there are sometimes cows running and sometimes not. (01:20:25 - 01:21:25)
Revealing mistake: During the scene where Travis is pinned down by Hatcher's men inside the bus in the town square, there is a brief cut to one of the sharpshooters, whose shoulder patch is reversed. (01:21:55)
Continuity mistake: When the Rock finally starts using guns, there is one shot where the three holes in his tee shirt are on the right side of his chest, because it is a flipped shot. The holes are on the left side of his chest in every other shot. (01:23:20 - 01:24:40)
Continuity mistake: When Travis and Beck walk down the stairs outside Billy's house, they switch sides when it cuts to another shot. (01:32:00)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie when Travis is playing with the Rock, you see Travis wearing a necklace. In the next shot the necklace is well hidden under his shirt. (01:33:05)
Factual error: The monkeys that are threatening The Rock when he is hanging in the trees are baboons which are native to Africa, not to the Americas. In a magazine interview about the movie The Rock mentions "howler monkeys" (which are from South America)
Continuity mistake: While Travis and Beck roll down the hill, the Jeep (also rolling down the hill) is nowhere to be seen.
Continuity mistake: There's a scene after the bar fight where Beck is leading Travis through the jungle, his scar on his right side disappears then reappears near the end of the scene.
Factual error: How on earth does Travis lift the statue of El Gato with one hand? He waves it about as if it were made of papier mache. It is made of solid gold - and it is going to weigh more than 20 kilograms.
Revealing mistake: The car that falls into the water has a surprising lack of damage after such a long tumble.
Continuity mistake: Towards the end The Rock fights with 3 guys using whips and he gets some large wounds on his face. When he delivers the kid back to his dad the wounds are gone.
Continuity mistake: When Beck and Travis fall to the jungle, the white T-shirt that Beck is wearing under his jacket and shirt gets dirty, then becomes white again.
Answer: Yes, he says so in the movie. He explains that it gets too messy. Also, it shows that he is stronger than using an easy weapon like a gun. People like to see fist fighting, rather than gun fighting.
Josh Appelbaum