Several items that Samantha throws at Jerry during their argument
disappear in subsequent scenes.
Leroy's body can be seen breathing after Jerry shoots him dead.
The film opens with a car crash at an intersection clearly labeled "Laurel Terrace", but
when Samantha explains the story later in the film she says that it was by "Laurel Canyon
and Ventura". However, she wasn't present at the accident, which was five years earlier,
and it's understandable that she'd misremember it as the major street Laurel Canyon
instead of the more obscure Laurel Terrace. Further, even if she knew it was Laurel Terrace,
she may have used the nearest major street for clarity.
After Leroy takes Samantha from the mall, her car does not have a rear license plate, a
few minutes later when he pulls over because she is feeling ill it has a rear license plate.
Additionally, when they are speeding down the freeway after leaving the mall the car has
acquired a front license plate.
When Sam is throwing Jerry's stuff down from the balcony, her necklace jumps in and
out of the top of her shirt between shots.
The cups that Sam is playing with when she is chatting with Leroy flip over
between shots.
When Leroy and Sam are in the airport and talking to Jerry on the phone, the time
on Leroy's watch jumps from 8:35 to 8:45 between shots. And then when they are
sitting outside waiting for Jerry, the time on Leroy's watch is 2:30.
The rear view mirror, rosary and the small statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe continually
disappear and re-appear during the course of the film.
When Jerry swerves into oncoming traffic at the airport there are fresh tire tracks
following the same path the car is taking towards the telephone pole, including the
swerve at the last moment before the car would have hit the pole.
When Sam enters the plane you can see the last two passengers board and then
the stewardess walks away. When the shot cuts back to Jerry, in the reflection of
the glass you can see the last two passengers board again, and then the stewardess
walks away, again.
When Jerry is drinking from a bottle of beer he puts it to the left of him on the bench.
In another shot, just moments later, the bottle can be seen on the other side of the bench.
In the bar where he meets Beck, Jerry orders tequila and takes a sip from the
shot glass, leaving it a bit over half full. A moment later, just before the bartender
drinks it, the shot glass is completely full.
When Jerry and Sam are driving from the airport to the Mexican hotel towards
the end of the film, parts of a camera are reflected in the car window.
Blood disappears from Sam's face.
When Jerry confronts the men who stole his rental car, one of the men is wearing
Jerry's purple sunglasses. Jerry gets irritated and takes them from him. However,
before Jerry takes them back, there is a brief shot showing Jerry already wearing them.
When Sam is throwing stuff from the balcony, Jerry is standing in shadow in one
shot, but in bright sunshine in every other.
The position of the door stop in the bathroom at the mall.
The shot of the underside of the aircraft landing in Mexico has four wheels per
main gear. Jerry is then seen deplaning from a Boeing 727, which only has
two wheels per main gear.
Toluca City is a large industrial-urban city, 30 minutes by car from Mexico City. It
is not a old rural town. Because of its closeness to Mexico City, no airline flies
between the two cities.
Mexico does not issue vanity license plates in real life. All license plates in
Mexico consist of three or four numbers and three letters.
When approaching the tractor/trailer around the 1.5 hour mark, for some reason
the passenger door on the tractor is open, after passing the tractor the door can
be seen to be closed in the rear view shot from the El Camino.
When Winston shoots the well-dressed black man in the hotel room the gun he is
using does not have a suppressor on it. Yet the weapon is making the sound of a
suppressed pistol. When he shoots the final shot for the kill you see this perfectly.
When Leroy and Samantha leave the mall they drive on and on through the desert and
end up in downtown Las Vegas at the Plaza Hotel. Maybe they just wanted to do a lot
of driving, but in actuality the mall is on Las Vegas Blvd about 15 minutes driving on
the strip to get up to the Plaza Hotel.
After saving Samantha's life, Winston puts the latex gloves he used into the trash,
enabling police to lift his fingerprints off them.
When the false Leroy shoots the true Leroy in the hotel, the true Leroy nearly falls
off the end of the bed. But when the false Leroy comes up to him, he is further
up the bed.
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