Corrected entry: Upon receiving documents from Henry, the Records Keeper, inside the vault, agent Cooper turns and immediately makes a phone call while still inside the vault. Given the location of the vault as it is shown in the movie and the fact it is a vault, it is highly unlikely a signal would get through.
Hex
21st Feb 2011
Red (2010)
17th Dec 2009
Fast & Furious (2009)
Corrected entry: In the last stretch of the "qualifiers" street race, the GPS-voice indicates finish is at one quarter of a mile. With both cars presumably already at top speed and then using the boosters, it still takes them forever to reach the point where they collide, which is still about a hundred yards from the finish line. Even though it can be argued the quarter mile isn't shown in real time, too many things happen for too long for it to take place in that distance.
Correction: If you mean forever taking about ten seconds. In fact the cars were not at top speed, as they were shown at about 100 kmh by Brian's speedo just before the boost was hit. A car going 60 mph (approx 98 kmh) running start takes 15 seconds to run a quarter mile. From the time 1/4 mile is announced to the time Brian is taken out of the race is about 20 seconds. The flashing back between Dom and Brian happens concurrently, so we can easily knock a few seconds off that time. Banging the cars together is going to scrub off some speed as well. Dom is shown approaching the finish line with Brian spun out in the background at about 3 semi-truck /trailer units from the finish line which is at most 210 feet. As the race is not completely real time, with the alternating shots between Dom and Brian, the 20 seconds or so it takes to travel the 1/4 mile is not far off what is shown in the movie, and can't be considered a mistake.
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Correction: "Highly unlikely" is not a movie mistake. Since the movie depicts him making the call you would have to prove that the signal could not get out of the vault for it to be a mistake.
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