Other mistake: As Gerry enters the aircraft carrier command centre, we see screens with "world projections" of remaining uninfected populations by continent. They are counting down (illustrating the quick spread of the disease). However, the countdown speed of all of them, is approximately 3% each second - which means humankind would have no more than 20 seconds at this rate. The countdown speed should realistically be about 100,000 times slower than that (about 3% each day), which would still be the fastest pandemic spread the world has ever seen. (00:30:15)
DavidRTurner
22nd Sep 2013
World War Z (2013)
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Suggested correction: The countdowns are only seen for a couple of seconds, so there's no evidence that the countdowns are constant at the same rate. They may be updated in bursts as data is received. They may just show a rapid initial reduction that slows then flattens out. They may be wrong (because how could they be correct). Lots of explanations why this might not be what it seems.
22nd Sep 2013
World War Z (2013)
Other mistake: When the family's car is being hit by the ambulance, we see Gerry's head bouncing around by the impact in a close-up. Camera angle is from inside (approximately from the centre armrest). We see out his window, and there is nothing there. The camera angle changes to an exterior shot, and its clear that the position of the ambulance hitting the car should have made the ambulance visible from the interior camera. (00:08:05)
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