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Continuity mistake: In the scene where the Sheriff is wrapping the suicide victim's body, he has a roll of plastic wrap. He is shown with the box, then as he begins to wrap the head, he has just the roll, and in the next shot it is back in the box again. He presumably would have left it out of the box the entire time, since the box would only get in the way of trying to wrap the body. (00:33:00)

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Continuity mistake: As someone pointed out earlier, the poster for the commemoration of the Five Points battle claims to be the 16th anniversary, but the date shows 1863 -- 17 years after the 1846 battle. To further add to the confusion, when William Cutting is talking to Amsterdam in the bedroom after the night at the brothel, he says, "I killed the last honorable man [Priest Vallon] 15 years ago [in the Five Points battle]." So which is it? 15, 16, or 17 years? (00:02:42)

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Continuity mistake: When Amsterdam is in the Chinese ballroom the first time, he shows an unfolded sheet of paper with a drawing to the man sitting across the table from him. In the next shot, he hands the paper - which is now folded - to the man, who then unfolds it. (00:33:30)

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Continuity mistake: During the first quasi love scene between Amsterdam and Jenny (after the dance) there is a shot where they begin to kiss, and they are at about the same height, right next to each other. In the next shot, Amsterdam pulls away, and you can see that she was laying back, and he was leaning over her, kissing - a completely different position. (01:07:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Buckley is spooked by Josh and Cooper and runs from the bathroom, there is a shot inside the room as Josh and Cooper run out. This shot is from inside Buckley's room, not the bathroom. (01:06:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Josh and Cooper first confront Buckley, you can see snow covering the ground outside the window. When Buckley runs out of the building and Josh and Cooper watch from the window, he is running across a lush green lawn. (00:56:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Josh and Cooper break into the Mental Health Facility, we see the entire pane of glass broken out and falling towards the camera. In the next shot, we still hear Cooper breaking away glass, and when Josh flips the window up, broken glass still remains in the frame, even though the whole pane was gone. (00:39:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Josh is hurriedly filling out his mid-term exam, he fills in an answer for 3, then in a long shot we see him scribbling in at least 2-3 more answers, but in the next close up, he is just filling in 4. (00:25:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Cooper is getting pitchers at the bar, his jacket and shirt are closed and he has his wallet in his left hand. The skeptical bartender asks what is on his shirt, and when the shot changes, the jacket and shirt are now open, revealing a college logo on the shirt underneath. Cooper quickly closes the jacket with his empty left hand, without appearing to set his wallet down or put it away. (00:19:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Josh is on the phone with his mom and Cooper interrupts, the door and hallway change. When Cooper first barges in, the door appears to be very light in color, and a door and light fixture are visible in the hall. Less than a minute later, when Josh opens the door, the door is a much darker wood color, the door across the hall has been replaced with a column and molding, and the light fixture has moved quite a bit from where it was. (00:17:35)

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30th Jun 2003

Commando (1985)

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Continuity mistake: In the hotel fight scene between Matrix and Cooke, Cooke is knocked on the ground and shoves a red suitcase out of his way, and it lands near the door to the adjacent hotel room. When Cooke is knocked to that exact spot a few seconds later and grabs the gun, the suitcase is gone. (00:46:35)

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30th Jun 2003

Commando (1985)

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Continuity mistake: When Matrix first abducts Cindy and is talking to her in the car, both of their windows are rolled up. When she backs the car out, the passenger side window is rolled down. In the next shot, as they exit the parking garage and pay the attendant, both windows are rolled down. (00:29:50)

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