Goofs

The car chase scene features shots from all across LA stitched together in an impossible and ludicrous sequence.

When waiting at the marina for the van to leave, the rear passenger tire on Washington's car can be seen as flat or nearly flat with no hubcap. In the chase scene that immediately follows, the tire is no longer flat and has a hubcap.

During the final showdown with the bad guys, the type of handgun Joe is using changes repeatedly.

In the film's opening scene, Fujiyama appears with sunglasses on, but they suddenly disappear on the next camera angle of him.

When Fujiyama holds Jennifer at gunpoint, his revolver abruptly changes from a stainless steel Ruger GP100 to a blued Smith & Wesson Model 15. (This likely occurred because Frank and Fujiyama appear in the same frame, Frank had been using the Ruger up to this point in the film, and a second Ruger was apparently not available to arm them both; refer to Trivia.)

Though Joe Marshall is apparently fluent in Japanese, he incorrectly translates the word "Katana" to mean "Japanese sword." A "nihonto" is a Japanese sword, not a katana. A katana is a special sword used by Samurai, which Marshall, the Samurai cop, should know.

At numerous points in the film, Mathew Karedas is clearly wearing a wig. During one fight scene it even begins to slip off, revealing his short hair underneath.

After the van explodes, the driver transforms from the olive-skinned and mustachioed Orlando Quijano to an obviously clean-shaven and white stuntman. He looks right at the camera and his lips are not even burned.

Footage of the van chase is obviously sped up, as evidenced by the too-rapid movement of vehicles in the background.

After the van explosion, there apparently is telepathic communication between the hovering helicopter pilot and the officers on the ground who are nowhere near a two-way radio.

It is stated that the van driver cannot speak to police because his lips are burned. However, the stuntman's lips were not visibly burned in the aftermath of the crash, and when the bandaged man's lips are briefly seen a short time later in the hospital room, they do not appear burned either.

Before the final shootout Joe rolls up in a car with Oregon plates even though the movie is supposed to be set in and around Los Angeles.

When in the burned henchman's hospital room, the "hospital" is a very obvious dentists office, including a large sign stating "Dental Office - Inna Sherr, DDS."

In the opening scene, the cameraman can be seen in the reflection of Fujiyama's sunglasses.

When Samurai cop runs out of Nakamura's front door, a crew man (or random passerby) is sitting on the hood of a car in the driveway, casually watching the action.

When Joe is stalking Jennifer the very brief insert of the church is of a completely different building and none of the other shots and eyelines match up at all.

After chasing Okamura into increasingly dense forest, the fight scene between Joe Marshall and Okamura takes place in a field or plain, or even a large backyard. The fight then definitely moves to someone's backyard, as a decorative footbridge is where the fight culminates. Later on, Joe visits a different location and engages in a gunfight where the same footbridge is visible in the background.

After Joe Marshall picks up Jennifer from church and takes her back to his place, they walk down a lovely stone stairway from a seaside mansion to swim in the sea. During the Katana gang's attack on them post coitus, Joe and Jennifer escape through a window and try to escape around the house while eluding gunmen. Gone are the illustrious stone stairway and grand facade of the oceanside mansion, and certainly any access to the ocean, as they are now in a suburban single story ranch.

As Fujiyama walks around talking to Yamashita after Joe and Frank's confrontation with Okamura, the shadow of the boom mic is clearly visible silhouetted against the drapes, following him.

Joe is said to speak fluent Japanese but in the restaurant scene he has trouble pronouncing the common Japanese surname "Fujiyama."

When Fujiyama's men kill the wife of Frank's fellow police officer (name unknown but he is called "John" by his wife), he offers almost no physical resistance even though his home is adorned with martial arts memorabilia and trophies.

A big-time Yakuza boss like Fujiyama would have had far more Japanese underlings in his gang than what is shown among his henchpersons.