Corrected entry: When Murtaugh hears that the suicidal Jumper's parents are Michael and Clair Hunsaker, he whispers "Claire!" even though he only knows Michael Hansaker, who, as we learn in the beginning from the conversation he had with his wife, saved Murtaugh's life in Vietnam.
Corrected entry: After Dixie's house has been blown up Murtaugh starts patting Riggs' back, telling him that his coat is on fire, which it is not. (00:56:10)
Correction: If you look closely, Riggs' jacket is not fully in flames, but is smoldering because some embers fell on it. Murtaugh says "You're on fire" as a euphamism.
Corrected entry: The target that Murtaugh shoots through the "nose" already has the hole in place when he hangs it up. (It's not the design of the target, because the one that he takes down a few seconds before has no hole in that spot.) (01:03:15 - 01:04:00)
Correction: It IS the design of the target and this is visible at three points. 1. In the beginning of the movie when Murtaugh spends some time by himself by the gun range (this is in the directors cut version before he teams up with Riggs). 2. The target Murtaugh takes down in the scene in question actually has this mark but one must look really carefully to see it. 3. When Riggs sends the target out again to shot the smile face there are two marks in the head. One bullet hole and one mark.
Corrected entry: When Riggs and Murtaugh leave the bank, Riggs stops for a hot dog. The next time you see him, he is getting into the car and the hot dog is almost not eaten at all. Before that, it is almost gone.
Correction: In the car, Riggs is holding the hotdog in his other hand and we see the other, unbitten end. Besides, there's no cut that would have allowed any tampering.
Corrected entry: When the guy from the bank is explaining the whole plot of the movie to Danny Glover just before Gary Busey shoots him from the helicopter, If you look out the window Mel Gibson is outside smoking looking up at them. Every time it cuts to a shot showing him he is standing in a different place or has disappeared altogether.
Correction: Mel Gibson's character is wandering around outside. Coupled with the changing camera angles inside the office, it is no wonder that he can't be seen in some of them.
Corrected entry: Just an observation. When Mr. Joshua calls the police to verify Riggs has been killed, he says he is from KCOP news, or K-"COP". Interesting choice of letters.
Correction: KCOP are not letters made up by Mr. Joshua, it is television station that exists in the movie. In the scene where Riggs brings the suicidal jumper down off of the ledge, you can see a KCOP van by the crowd. But yes, it is an interesting choice of letters anyhow.
Correction: It's coincidental, but KCOP was a real station in Los Angeles. Channel 13 (not sure if still call sign now but was at time of the movie).
Even more ironically, it became famous back in the day for showing reruns of old cop shows.
Corrected entry: In the Director's Cut version, when we first meet Riggs, he is depressed and throws something at the TV, destroying the TV. He goes to work, and that night is shown to be watching a Warner Bros. cartoon on the TV, which shows no sign of damage.
Correction: But later in that version, we see him arrive home with a new TV.
Corrected entry: When Mr. Joshua gives Riggs one final chance to tell what he knows, before being tortured by Endo, he says something to the effect of, "Endo here has forgotten more about torture than you or I will ever know." Okay...so, does he remember anything then? I get that at one point he knew more than they, but how much of that has he forgotten? Maybe he now knows less.
Correction: Stop being overly analytical here. Mr Joshua said that because he is hyperbolizing. Endo knows so much about dispensing pain that he is just saying that to make Riggs nervous.
Correction: Murtaugh and Hunsacker have kept in touch since the war. Naturally Murtaugh would know Hunsacker's wife's name.