Factual error: North Carolina prohibits the tattooing of minors (under 18-years-old) and is not a state that allows minors to be tattooed even with prior consent from a parent or guardian. The Fort Bragg army man gave his son (clearly a minor, about 10-years-old) birthday money to pay for the tattoo and his permission to get a tattoo. (00:14:23)
KeyZOid
18th Aug 2022
The Contractor (2022)
1st Aug 2022
The Contractor (2022)
Other mistake: The info Mike gives to others about Mohsin does not include him being a professor emeritus of virology at Humboldt-Universitat. Instead, Mike reports, "[Mohsin's] family relocated here to Berlin where he continued his research, financed by Farouk Ojjeh [with links to al-Qaeda and Syria]." If Mohsin went from Harvard Med School to a federal research grant and then to the private lab, there's no gap for him to have been a tenured professor who acquired emeritus status. (00:34:48)
1st Aug 2022
The Contractor (2022)
Other mistake: It looks like James still has the lens cover on his camera when he is taking pictures of Mohsin. Even in the dark, the lens should not look as black as the camera. (00:31:29)
1st Aug 2022
The Contractor (2022)
Other mistake: The woman told James that Salim Mohsin was 42 and conducted research at a private laboratory. The part about Mohsin being "professor emeritus" of virology at Humboldt-Universitat seems contrary to his age (42) and the common meaning of "professor emeritus", which is retired and collecting a pension. It might also be unusual for a tenured professor conducting research at a university to leave in order to conduct research at a private lab. "Other" mistake because not sure of emeritus in Germany. (00:29:33)
1st Aug 2022
The Contractor (2022)
Deliberate mistake: A camera situated behind a front passenger seat of a vehicle could not capture a clear image of the front seat passenger's face (James') in the rear view mirror and then slightly alter its angle to capture the driver's (Mike's) face in the same rear view mirror. (00:21:25)
31st Jul 2022
The Contractor (2022)
31st Jul 2022
The Contractor (2022)
Continuity mistake: The tattoo artist is almost finished drawing the American flag on the boy's upper right arm. After he wipes it and there's a quick camera shift, the tattoo is less complete - the stripes are bloodier, more jagged, and of unequal width like they were earlier. (00:14:31)
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