The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

◄ The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

Character error

PFC "Missy" Martinez is obviously wearing eye makeup; this is not allowed on training exercises.
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Current U.S. Army guidelines mandate that men's hair be not longer than 1/4 in. on the back and sides on the head, and not longer than 2 in. on top. PFC David "Napolean" Napoli's hair is obviously longer than this.
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The soldier characters frequently "flag their buddies" - i.e., point loaded weapons at one another. U.S. Army training strenuously makes the point for soldiers not to do this.
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Continuity

Missy's pants can be heard ripping when the rapist tears them off. Yet, when we see her tied up, her pants are back on her and in their original shape.
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During the scene where PFC Missy and PFC Amber were sitting on a rock and pretending that they were chatting in order to lure the wild mutants into a trap is shot in the late afternoon. Because of the light orange-red background we can clearly see that it is at near the setting of the sun. However, from the next and following scenes to the end of the film, in the dark mines we can see clearly that the sun was shining brightly, which means it is at noontide.
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In one shot of PFC Napoli trying to reach Sgt. Millstone on the radio, his shoulder patches are on the wrong side, and the flag patch has an incorrect orientation, with the union on the left. This suggests that the image must have been reflected, accidentally or otherwise.
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When the group finds Doctor Paul Foster, the sergeant's strip-band from his helmet changes between shots from tight around his chin to hanging under his chin.
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When Napoleon, the "Eagle Scout," ties the knots in the rope, a closeup reveals him clearly tying a double figure eight knot. When the camera moves to the medium shot, he has magically tied a double bowline.
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When PFC "Stump" Locke is descending the cliff face, in one shot he is wearing black leather Army-style boots; in subsequent shots, he is wearing brown "desert" boots.
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Missy gets caught by one mutant while she's having a leak. Yet when she is lifted by the mutant and carried away her pants are up and not down as they should have been if she didn't wanted to soil them. This is even clearer to be seen when she is then shortly after laid down in the room inside the mine. We then there see that her pants are not even up, but that even her belt is buckled/tied. It would be very doubtful the mutant picked his time rearranging her pants while dragging her along.
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Factual errors

Several times they rack back a round while one is still in the chamber. All that does is waste a perfectly good round.
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Several times throughout the film, soldiers go and are sent somewhere by themselves. This is contrary to the very first, most basic instruction given to U.S. Army trainees, to never go anywhere alone.
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Every U.S. soldier is trained, often through repeated "corrective action", never to let his or her weapon out of his or her sight. The characters do this frequently, even before they encounter the mutants.
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The rifle scopes are mounted to the carrying handles without a spacer adapter to level them. As a result, all of the scopes are canted steeply downward, following the slope of the carrying handle. If you looked through a scope mounted this way, you would only see a spot on the top of the rifle barrel, midway along its length.
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The soldiers repeatedly address the Sergeant as "Sir." Seargents are addressed as "Sergeant." Officers are addressed as "Sir" or "Ma'am." Saying "Yes Sir, Sergeant" is especially incorrect.
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When the Colonel asked the soldiers about their CO, the soldiers replied that he was dead, referring to the sergeant. CO is the Commanding Officer of a company, who normally holds the rank of Captain. An E-5 Sergeant cannot command a company.
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The optics the soldiers used were mounted on top of the handles of the M4 Carbine rifles. When mounting optics on the M4, the handles are normally taken off and replaced with the optics. The only time optics would be mounted on the handles are when handles cannot be taken off of the weapon, like for older versions of the M16 rifle, not the M4.
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Members of the team frequently refer to themselves as members of the "U.S. National Guard." There is no such thing. Each state independently maintains its own National Guard, and it would be addressed as the "New Mexico National Guard."
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The base camp only has an officer stationed with the civilians, however in any given location that could even be loosely termed as a combat zone there would be a required minimum of at least 4.
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Miscellaneous

In the scene inside of the mine, when PFC Amber takes a round out of her rifle magazine to "save one for herself", the primer on the round has already been fired, as can be seen by the dimple in the primer.
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Plot holes

During the confrontation with Chameleon, PFC David "Napoleon" Napoli's weapon runs out of ammunition, so he drops it. It is then picked up by Sniffer, who fires it again.
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Spoilers

The goofs below may give away important plot points.

Character error

After the sergeant is shot in the chest, PFC "Missy" Martinez gives chest compressions to revive him, without removing his body armor. U.S. Army Combat Lifesaver training teaches not to give chest compressions when there is a massive chest wound; additionally, the body armor would render the chest compressions utterly ineffective.
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Character error

Right before COL Redding shoots himself, he is shown to be wearing Special Forces branch insignia on his left collar - upside down.
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Revealing mistakes

The saved M4 round that PFC Amber Johnson pulls out of her pocket near the end of the movie is actually a blank round. You can tell by the way the tip doesn't come to a point. It is crimped at the end with no bullet in it.
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