Continuity mistake: In the first race scene after the jump, the gold car crashes into the sign head on, yet the whole back of the car is demolished, not the front. (00:12:45)
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Roman are speeding down the highway to get to the boatyard, the camera cuts to inside police headquarters (I think). On the computer screen are two GPS signals (Brian and Roman), and it says 6th and 7th Street, but when it cuts to a wider angle it says 4th, 5th and 6th Street, indicating the screen has moved up instead of down. (Zoom is required.) (00:28:55)
Continuity mistake: Close to the beginning when Brian is fighting with Roman, the black cop in one shot just walks past them on the floor, in the following shot, he is a lot further away from them. (00:20:30)
Continuity mistake: Just after Brian gets arrested at the beginning, they are telling Brian about Verone, in a close up shot of Brian he puts his hands down to the chair, yet in the overhead shot, he has his hands by his chin again, then back to the chair. (00:16:05)
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Roman are driving into Tej's driveway at his garage after getting back from Verone's, if you look at the yellow 4x4 pickup, its front wheel is turned to the right, but in the following closeup shot it is now straight. (00:38:30)
Continuity mistake: During the drive and stare scene with Brian and Monica, watch Monica's bangs as the shot changes from inside the car to outside. When the camera is shooting from outside the car, Monica's bangs are blowing around from the wind, but from the camera shooting inside the car, her bangs are neatly in place. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: Just after Monica has gotten back to Verone's house after warning Brian, she is sunbathing. In one shot, she has her legs slightly up and in the next they are flat with the sunbed. Also, when Verone throws her sunglasses on her chest, in this shot, she still has her hands on top of her head. In the following shot, her right hand is down picking up the sunglasses. (01:05:50)
Continuity mistake: Just after Tej has called Brian, in one particular shot Suki is standing on the left side of her car, yet 2 seconds later, she's at the other side of the car gearing up her fellow ladies. (00:03:35)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is trying to get rid of that ESD-System (that thing which is shot by the cop to break down the electronics system of the car), the bad guy is holding him by his shirt in a much different way than he does in the close-ups. (01:16:40)
Continuity mistake: After Brian's Skyline is shot with the electric thing, when he hits a parking meter it shatters into smithereens and there is no damage or dents on his car. In the next shot his hood is bent up and his car is totaled. This is because the original scene was of Brian hitting something much more solid, however, Paul Walker who was doing the stunt himself, lost control and hit the parking meter. They didn't bother to retake as it looked much cooler. (Slow motion is required. DVD Special Features.) (00:14:55)
Revealing mistake: At the end of the first race, when Brian and the other guy prepare to jump the bridge, it cuts to Brian who shifts gears and puts on the accelerator. Look closely at the "Revs" counter (next to the speedometer), it is showing almost 0 revs on a car that's moving at very high speed. (00:11:30)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is called to get to the race at the beginning, as he's getting into his Skyline, the blue neon light at the bottom of the car turns on, but as he's leaving the garage, the light turns on again. (00:03:05)
Factual error: In the scene where Brian, Rome and the other guys are racing to the impound lot, Brian whips his Evo around and starts driving backwards. He would be going pretty slow in reverse so the other guys should have past him do to the fact that they where doing over 100 mph beforehand according to the FBI's GPS. (00:30:55)
Continuity mistake: When Brian Roman and two of Verone's guys are at the trailer park close to the end, on the road through the trailer park there is a speed bump, yet when Roman sets the Dodge off on its own, there is a view of the road again, and the speed bump has vanished. (01:14:05)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning after the race, Brian is being chased by a cop and is shot on the right side of his car with that electric disabler. During the next shot, right before he hits the parking meter, the claw is nowhere to be found. After he hits it, it is back and sparking with electricity. (00:14:50)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the fight scene between Brian and Rome, they're much nearer to the derby than at the end of the fight. (00:20:30 - 00:21:30)
Continuity mistake: In Verone's background check of Rome, it shows a list of items he had purchased. It is mostly made up of renting Blockbuster Videos and the items were purchased in different states back and forth. (00:31:50)
Continuity mistake: When Brian Monica and Roman are driving to Verone's house, at the end of the " stare and drive thing ", when Roman pulls up on the overhead shot he puts his full arm outside the car, yet when it cuts to a face shot from inside Brian's car, he just has his elbow on the door. (00:25:15)
Continuity mistake: When Tej and Suki get stopped, they both get out of the cars, and Tej's door remains open in one shot and is closed in the following shot. (01:23:25)
Continuity mistake: Right at the beginning when Tej is talking to Jimmy on the phone, there is an orange and white car in the background, but when he is walking out of the garage, the car is gone. (00:01:00)
Chosen answer: The detective was tortured because Verone needed a window of time without any police presence and the detective refused to allow it. The girl is just some random hottie that works for Verone.
Greg Dwyer