Continuity mistake: After the Horsemen have left the FBI, Fuller says to Dylan "Guess who was sitting there in the back..." During this shot, two men and a woman are visible in the background are about to walk down a flight of stairs. 2 shots later, there is no sign of them. Then they are visible walking on the sidewalk when the camera is on Dylan in the next shot. In this shot, they walk past Dylan. But 2 shots later, they are still yet to walk past Dylan. (00:32:30)
Continuity mistake: When Thaddeus shows his wine changing color trick, Alma goes to drink from the glass. In one shot, the glass is right next to her mouth, but in the following shot, the glass is now on her lap. Extended version. (00:33:20)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Thaddeus explains to Dylan and Alma the Horsemen's first trick, he asks his assistant to get the teleportation helmet for Dylan. As Thaddeus' assistant reaches down for the helmet, Dylan is looking at Thaddeus, not smiling. In the next shot, Dylan is suddenly looking at Thaddeus' assistant with his head turned 90 degrees, now smiling. (00:35:30)
Continuity mistake: When Thaddeus shows to Dylan and Alma the first Four Horsemen's trick, when Dylan is in the teleport device, as the cloth is being lowered down, he is seen looking straight forward at a 12 o'clock direction. Shot cuts and he is instantly looking downwards. (00:35:45)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan lands in the fake vault, he lands right next to the stand where all the money was placed on. When Alma, Thaddeus and Thaddeus' assistant enter the vault, he is suddenly standing almost a few meters away from the stand where all the money was placed. This has nothing to do with the camera angles because his hand landed on the stand as he landed in the vault. (00:36:05)
Continuity mistake: After Dylan is transported under the stage to the Horsemen's fake vault, Alma, Thaddeus and Thaddeus' assistant open the vault door after walking down the stairs. Thaddeus walks in and Dylan asks "What was with the helmet?" Thaddeus then exits the shot after Dylan finishes the line, but within a split second, Thaddeus has suddenly moved half way across the room with no time to do so. (00:36:15)
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of the Horsemen programming the banker's mind, the banker is shown walking down a flight of steps and Daniel is shown throwing and catching some poker chips. He is first shown throwing two poker chips in the air, then in a close-up, it is only one poker chip being thrown into the air. (00:37:00)
Continuity mistake: In a flashback of the money being stolen from the vault, the card with the signature is notably in front of the Las Vegas ticket. The next shot where the employee enters the vault, now shows the ticket on top of the card if you look very closely. (00:39:20)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the plane scene to New Orleans, Merritt says "Allow me to make plain what we've both been thinking." At this moment, Merritt is resting on a pillow with a T sign stitched onto it. Merritt is first shown to be resting on the T, but a couple of shots later, Merritt is suddenly on the other end of the pillow. (00:39:55)
Continuity mistake: Dylan and Alma go on a plane to New Orleans. In the first shot of the cabin, the shot pans from the passengers over to Dylan and Alma. When the shot stops panning, there are papers on Dylan's table. The paper on top is facing a 12 o'clock direction. Alma asks Dylan to pick out a card and he does. When he puts the card back, the paper on top is now facing a 10 o'clock direction without him ever moving it. (00:40:45)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan and Alma are on the plane, as the shot pans around to them, Alma has a drink with a stirrer, which is on the edge of the cup. Alma then asks Dylan to pick out a card and put it back in the deck. If you look at Alma's drink, the stirrer is now sticking upwards in the middle of the cup. (00:40:45)
Continuity mistake: On the plane ride to New Orleans, Dylan tells Alma the Horsemen were a bunch of street magicians a year previously. As the shot ends, Alma has her head turned 90 degrees facing Dylan. Yet in the side angle, her head begins to turn that position. (00:41:10)
Continuity mistake: Dylan says to Alma on the plane "Some of those guys seriously need to get a life." Alma is looking down as he says this, but looking several degrees towards Dylan when the shot cuts. (00:41:30)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan is looking for Alma in the Mardi Gras crowd, he stops his conversation with Fuller and puts his phone to his chest. Dylan sees Alma and the phone is suddenly back to his ear. Then back to his chest again. (00:44:20)
Continuity mistake: In New Orleans, when Dylan finds Alma, there are two cops riding horses in the background. The shot cuts to a wide shot from behind Dylan where the horses are ahead of Dylan. The shot cuts again and the cops and horses are far in the background. (00:44:20)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan finds Alma in New Orleans, the wide shot from behind Dylan shows him waving his left arm to her and keeps it in the air when he says "there you are", but in the next shot, his left arm is by his side. (00:44:20)
Continuity mistake: The shot before Alma goes to show Dylan the book on Lionel Shrike, she turned 90 degrees away from him. When she shows him the book in the next shot, she is suddenly turned to face him without any time to do so. (00:45:20)
Continuity mistake: In New Orleans, Alma shows Dylan a book on Lionel Shrike. When the camera is front of her, she is holding the book with her hand at the top. In the reverse angle, she's not. (00:45:20)
Continuity mistake: As Alma shows Dylan the Lionel Shrike book, the book is raised to the top of her neck in this shot, but suddenly lowered several inches in the next shot. (00:45:25)
Continuity mistake: When Alma first talks about Lionel Shrike's card trick, as she says "Then he goes to a tree that's been there 20 years", she is seen quickly lowering her head. Camera cuts and her head goes back to being raised. (00:45:30)
Answer: The mirror was inserted at an angle, so that the reflection was the ceiling and not what was in front of them. It's the same principle for how periscopes work.
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