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Audio/visual unsynchronised (1) |
Character error (1) |
Continuity (14) |
Crew or equipment visible (1) |
Factual errors (3) |
Revealing mistakes (3) |
Spoilers (1)
Audio/visual unsynchronised
When Eric is telling Jenko that he doesn't trust him because he looks 40. He says, "After a stunt like that, there is no way you can be cops," and although his mouth is covered you can see that it is not moving at all.
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Character error
During the Limo chase sequence at the end, Jenko mentions covalent bonds in context of lithium batteries and potassium nitrate. A bond involving metals would be Ionic and not covalent.
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Continuity
When Schmidt (Jonah Hill) is praying to Korean Jesus the figure has a dove in his right palm which is held out. In another scene later in the movie you see Korean Jesus again but minus the dove in hand.
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After the gun fight at the hotel, Jenko pukes on Schmidt's white jacket, but later in the next scene, the puke on the jacket is gone.
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When the three nerds show up for the party. Only two nerds go threw the door and then the door closes. What happened to the third nerd?
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(at around 1 min) When Schmidt and Jenko first open the door for their party there are 3 guys at the door (Zack, Roman and Delroy). When they show them walking in Delroy is not shown walking through the door.
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Immediately after the fight at the party is over, Schmidt's back is visible with no stab wound. A few shots later, it's revealed he's been stabbed.
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When Jenko throws the bottle to explode in the black limo he is seen throwing it bottom flying forward. When the bottle is shown in the air it is shown cap flying forwards.
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When Schmidt tells Jenko it might have been a bad idea to put a wiretap on Eric's phone, a substantial number of cops can be seen behind Schmidt. The camera cuts to Jenko and then back to Schmidt where a lot fewer cops are seen behind him. The camera cuts back to Jenko and back to Schmidt one more time, but this time there are no cops anywhere. The number of cops behind Jenko doesn't seem to change, however.
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When Schmidt and Jenko walk through the church doors at the 21 Jump Street Church there is old news print covering the doors. During the next shot when they're walking through the doors the newsprint is missing.
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When Schmidt is running in the relay race, he throws his baton across the finish line. Immediately afterwards, he has the baton again and is making inappropriate gestures with it.
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The front right of the Drivers Ed car alternates between damaged and undamaged when it's stopped at the red light behind the bikers.
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One of the undercover women is seen in the background while Captain Dickson talking to Jenko and Schmidt. She is there for a second, but is gone when it switches to them again.
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When Schmidt is chasing the drug dealer in his bike he has is gun drawn, but in the next scene is gun is sheathed.
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When first arriving at the school and analyzing different groups of kids, an Asian girl with spiked hair can be scene wearing a Panda dress. Shortly after as Schmidt and Jenko talk with Eric by the cars, a different Asian girl is now wearing the Panda dress.
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After Schmidt shoots Mr. Walters in the dick, You can see Jenko standing up three different times.
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Crew or equipment visible
(at around 1h 13 mins) During the motorcycle chase you clearly see that the traffic has been stopped on the highway to shoot the scene. This takes place when Schmidt and Jenko are seen on close up and through the rear window you can see a car across the street.
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Factual errors
Much of the Korean writing seen in the church is grammatically incorrect (and the same Korean translation found on online translators). For instance, the Korean version of "Aroma of Christ Church" is written in a manner where Christ Church is possessive of the word aroma, e.g., "Christ Church's Aroma" or "The Aroma that Belongs to Christ Church").
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In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that if a cop neglects to read your Miranda rights, that is not necessarily grounds for release from charges. So the cops' mistake at the beginning is not accurate.
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Eric is introduced as having received early admission to the University of California's Berkeley campus. In real life, none of the University of California campuses allow early admission.
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Revealing mistakes
During the motorcycle chase scene, one of the gang members shoots a gun with his right hand while appearing to accelerate. This is impossible on this motorcycle, as the throttle control is on the right handlebar.
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The rear view mirror has been removed from the Hyundai, the Ford Mustang, the Porsche, and the red Mercedes.
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Towards the end of the movie when Jenko attempts to shoot Mr. Walters, Jenko pulls the trigger on his Glock pistol twice. If a Glock is empty of ammo, you can only pull the trigger once and it will stay in a locked position.
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Continuity
When Jenko is hanging with the nerds listening to Schmidt at the party, his collar on the left side is open in long shots and folded in on closeups.Share this
