Continuity mistake: When Cowan is showing Alma the video of the Elkhorn safe on the laptop, he says, "Here's the safe," and begins moving his hand over to the other laptop. In the next shot, his hand is suddenly back over the laptop that had the Elkhorn safe video on it. (01:26:44)
Continuity mistake: When Jack is about to flee in the FBI car, Dylan runs up to the car and places both of his hands on the front passenger-side window. When the shot cuts, his left hand is placed on top of the car. (01:20:51)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan and Jack land on the mattress at the bottom of the garbage chute, Jack picks up some papers and leaps over Dylan. When this happens, they are surrounded by garbage bags, but there are no bags on the mattress. A few seconds later, after Jack runs away, a garbage bag has suddenly appeared on the mattress in front of Dylan. (01:19:39)
Continuity mistake: When Jack jumps into the garbage chute, Dylan places his left hand on the wall above the chute when he reaches the bottom of the staircase. When the shot cuts, his left hand is placed on the pipe above the garbage chute. (01:19:12)
Continuity mistake: After Dylan and Jack have ran out of the apartment, Fuller tries to free himself from the jacket stuffed down the garbage disposal. While doing this, he is inside the sink, then leaps out onto the floor. He is standing upright when he leaps out of the sink, but when the shot cuts, he is leaning forwards. (01:19:06)
Continuity mistake: While searching the apartment, Fuller finds a Lego building on top of some red velvet cloth placed on a table. There is one corner of the table that doesn't appear to be covered by the cloth. But in the next shot, the corner is suddenly covered by the velvet cloth. (01:16:55)
Audio problem: When Dylan and Alma are talking in the apartment at night after the New Orleans show, there is a moment where Alma says, "But it doesn't make any sense, and I don't think logic will solve this for us." When she starts saying this, the shot is focusing on Dylan, and her mouth, visible in the corner of the frame, doesn't appear to be moving. Extended edition. (01:12:37)
Continuity mistake: When Alma chuckles at Dylan after he removes the teleportation helmet, Dylan can be seen on the right-hand side of the shot. When the shot cuts, he is shown brushing his hair with his left hand, which should have been visible in the previous shot of Alma chuckling. (00:36:21)
Continuity mistake: After Thaddeus has walked into the fake vault, Dylan asks what was with the helmet. At this moment, Dylan starts to remove the helmet with both hands. Thaddeus then replies, "My fun," and Dylan can be seen in the background removing the helmet with one hand. Then, when the shot cuts to focus on Alma, he is removing it with both hands. (00:36:18)
Continuity mistake: Just after Dylan has landed in the fake vault, he is standing while the door starts to open. At this moment, his left foot is pointed straight forwards and his right foot is rotated a few inches to the right. When the shot cuts to show Thaddeus walking up to the vault, both of his feet are rotated further to the right. (00:36:09)
Continuity mistake: When Thaddeus is showing Dylan how the Horsemen performed their trick, he and his assistant start lowering the sheet around the teleportation device. Once he finishes lowering the sheet, there is a cut and suddenly he is standing several feet away from the device. (00:35:50)
Continuity mistake: When Dylan and Evans are walking through the FBI office, just as Dylan says "Get Turkelson" and Evans replies "He's in Atlantic City," Dylan has his right arm lowered. In the next shot, his right forearm is raised so that he can point to Cowan. (00:24:30)
Continuity mistake: While standing outside the apartment, Jack asks if they are waiting for someone. At this moment, Daniel and Henley are aligned with one another. In the next shot, Daniel is closer to the apartment door than Henley. Then, in the next shot, the two are aligned again. (00:12:02)
Visible crew/equipment: After Jack has finished his spoon-bending trick, a passenger on the ferry finds the spoon and stem he was using. There is a close-up shot of the spoon being removed from Jack's trouser pocket, where a reflector screen can be seen reflected on the spoon. (00:04:55)
Continuity mistake: When Jack performs his spoon-bending trick, he raises the spoon so that the passengers on the ferry can see it. While the passengers are applauding, the man who finds out how he did the trick can be seen applauding in the background. In the shot, there is a man next to him who turns his head to look at the person behind him. In the next shot, the man is looking forwards at Jack. (00:04:52)
Audio problem: When Merritt tells the cheating husband that he'll picture him naked if he sees or thinks of Janet, he says, "That's not a pretty sight," right after. There is a shot focusing on the husband while he says this, where his mouth isn't moving. (00:03:45)
Continuity mistake: Whilst watching the Horsemen's YouTube video in the back of the truck, in the shot of Henley saying "Remember the name Jack Wilder when you see us live. 5 Pointz, Queens, seven o'clock," Dylan can be seen in the corner of the frame, with his hand away from his face. The shot then cuts to focus on Dylan and Cowan, and Dylan's right hand is suddenly over his mouth. (01:31:12)
Continuity mistake: When the Horsemen are getting into their cars to leave the FBI, Evans is standing next to the hand rail. Dylan then runs up to Evans and he remains in his position, but when Fuller runs up to them, Evans is suddenly standing far away from the hand rail. (00:32:10)
Continuity mistake: In the interrogation room, Dylan grabs Daniel by the hair telling him to answer the question. As Dylan grabs Daniel, Dylan's left arm is mostly lowered, with his forearm raised by a few inches. In the next shot, Dylan's left forearm is suddenly raised further. (00:28:10)
Continuity mistake: When Daniel, Merritt and Henley first meet outside apartment 6A, the golden adjusting buckle on Daniel's bag strap is on the top of his shoulder and there are two plastic adjusting buckles on the front side of the strap, one near the top and a second further down. A few seconds later, after Merritt says the door is locked, the shot cuts to Daniel saying "Is it?" and the two plastic buckles are now further up the strap. Also, the shot cuts to angle behind Daniel and the golden buckle on the strap is now on the back side. As Daniel walks back to Merritt and Henley after trying to open the door, the golden buckle is now on the front side of the strap and much closer to one of the plastic buckles. The shot cuts again and the top plastic buckle is suddenly by his shoulder, and the golden buckle is suddenly back on the back side of the strap. Later on, when Jack arrives in the scene, the golden buckle is suddenly back on his shoulder again. (00:10:05)
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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