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Breakdown (1997/I)

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• Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in the Jeep window during the opening sequence.
  
  
• Continuity: In the final chase sequence, the pickup truck is repeatedly rammed from behind, yet shows no damage when stopped on the bridge.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In the final chase scene when the red car rolls over the driver is missing.
  
  

• Continuity: For the final chase, it goes from dawn to mid-day (note the shadows) much too quickly.
  
  
• Errors in geography: When the Jeep quits running, the odometer reads 242 miles. It has already been driven from Massachusetts to the western US desert.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When he swims for his life in the river, Jeff Taylor is clearly wearing a life-jacket.
  
  
• Factual errors: After the bank manager gets up from his desk to start the transfer, there is a wider shot of Jeff at the desk. The computer monitor has no power cord attached.
  
  
• Continuity: The condition of Jeff's pants when he arrives and leaves the bank to meet the kidnapper.
  
  
• Continuity: When Jeff is in the F-150 with the bad dude, the right side mirror is knocked off, but then it can be seen from the shot from inside the car.
  
  
• Continuity: When Earl stops to pick up Jeff after he gets the ransom money, he stops his truck in front of a railroad crossing. When he pulls away, there is no railroad crossing in sight.
  
  
• Continuity: The pen on the bank manager's desk keeps appearing and disappearing between shots.
  
  
• Continuity: The broom in the bank's bathroom.
  
  

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