At the command center, Espin's eye is swollen after his encounter with Jack Reacher. One scene later his eye is perfectly fine.
The airliner Jack and Susan leave DC in is VERY different than the one shown in-flight. The one shown taking off has podded engines under the wing. In-flight, the engines are mounted to the fuselage near the tail.
We see Jack Reacher's boarding pass when he goes through security, and he's seat is 33F, which is right-hand window seat. However, while on-board the aircraft, all three of them are sitting on the left side of the plane, seats A, B and C.
When Jack and Turner get into a cab near the Capitol Mall, there is no number on the trunk, but in a shot of the cab traveling along a street a few seconds later, there is a number on the trunk. Additionally the hubcaps are different between to 2 cars.
The first time Reacher and Espin meet, Espin's left hand changes from the outer to the inner part of the top of the car door when they switch between camera angles.
In the restaurant when Jack first confronts Colonel Moorcroft, the colonel is wearing MP insignia. He should be wearing Judge Advocate General insignia.
When CPT Espin was escorting Reacher through the prison, the CPT had his jacket unzipped. When wearing a jacket with a zipper or buttons, the jacket will be zipped or buttoned all the way up with the exception of the collar button. Any CPT would live this without a thought.
Colonel Moorcroft has U.S. Army awards and ribbons that are out of Precedence. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal which is the fourth highest ribbon a military member can earn. Instead of being in the top row it is in the middle of the middle row. It should be placed as his very first ribbon, top row closest to his heart.
No prison, federal or otherwise, allows anyone to have their firearms inside except guards during a riot. The MP who came to assist in the transfer of the major had his sidearm in its holster in her cell.
After deplaning and while standing in the jet-way, Reacher simply pushes open the door that leads down to the access ramp so that all three of them can escape from their pursuers. This is a restricted access door, leading to the SIDA (Security Identification Display Area) of an airport. It is a limited access area and requires either an electronic access badge, or at a minimum, a code to allow access through the door. The door handle did have a keypad lock so should have been locked.
Susan says her agents in Afghanistan were shot in the back of the head, but in the flashbacks the male is shot in the back and when the female turns around she is shot in the chest. The second flashback is longer and the gunman finishes by shooting each soldier three more times each when they are on the ground, but this is off camera.
Jack pickpockets a man for his ID and presumably, Samantha used the stolen student's ID to board but no indication is shown on how Turner gets past security. Likely she also pick pocketed someone but it's not shown.
Turner initially says that the murdered MPs were shot with an "Army issue" 9mm. When the murder is shown, the shooter uses a Glock pistol. The US Army uses Beretta pistols.
While the shooter does use a Glock, there is a Glock model that fires the same Army issue 9mm caliber ammunition as the Beretta.
While the shooter does use a Glock, there is a Glock model that fires the same Army issue 9mm caliber ammunition as the Beretta.
When Major Turner is checking her email at the internet cafe, she is on the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) website. In 2015 AKO discontinued its email service. All official military email is now done through Microsoft Outlook.
The year these events take place is not specified in the film. This sequel is based on book eighteen of the Jack Reacher series, while the first film was based on book nine, so unless specified, the audience do not know the year of events.
The year these events take place is not specified in the film. This sequel is based on book eighteen of the Jack Reacher series, while the first film was based on book nine, so unless specified, the audience do not know the year of events.
When Turner is choking out the one pursuer in the alleyway with the hose, you see her wrap it one time around his neck. In the next shot, the hose is not wrapped around once, it is simply going in front of it.
The loop of hose around the back of his neck can barely be seen from the camera's angle. Just because the camera didn't see it, it is nonetheless there.
The loop of hose around the back of his neck can barely be seen from the camera's angle. Just because the camera didn't see it, it is nonetheless there.
In the beginning of the movie Reacher is in Washington DC and flowers are in full bloom and the trees are all dark green with leaves. At the girls school the students are playing soccer in t-shirts and shorts. On the plane, a phone screen shows a call made "a week ago" on June 28. But just a day later they pass kids on the streets dressed in costumes for for Halloween.
An aircraft that size requires at least 3 flight attendants, yet during the entire flight, there are none to be seen anywhere in the cabin, nor are there flight attendant seats visible that would allow for continuous visual observation of the passenger cabin, as is required by Federal regulations.
As Turner, Reacher and Samantha are deplaning, you can see that most of the other passengers have already left the aircraft. However, only a couple of the overhead bins are ajar, and none are fully open. This would not be the configuration of the overheads at this point; most of them would be open.
When hiding behind the MP car, Jack grabs its spotlight which has been shot away, and turns it toward the shooter, flexing 2 heavy wires by which it had been hanging from the car. But a through-pillar spotlight has no wires in its mount; it's electrically connected by the rod inside the shaft. So if the light head is separated in any way, the light won't work.
Kol. Moorcroft hands Reacher a hard copy file during their second meeting. Reacher supposedly sticks the file effortlessly in his inside pocket of his jacket without folding it. That would never fit.
People do not do charcoal drawings in notebooks as they smear like crazy. Also, the drawings in Samantha's notebook are in pencil, not in charcoal.
Towards the end of the movie, when Espin is escorting a crucial witness and is ambushed by Parasource members: one sees his communication antenna being shot of his car into pieces.
A while later Espin radios for assistance. It's virtually impossible to have sufficient radio contact without an antenna.
A scene set in Afghanistan shows a Search and Rescue (SAR) team arriving in a Vietnam-era UH-1 Huey helicopter. This type had long since been replaced by the UH-60 Blackhawk in front line deployable units of the U.S. Army and Air Force. The U.S Marines still have the Huey in service but not the model depicted in this film.
The aircraft shown in flight is a DC-9-10. No major carrier in the United States operates this type of aircraft any longer.
When The Hunter and his men are chasing Jack and Sam through the Halloween parade, there is a moment where one of the Hunter's goons speaks dialogue that is totally different from what he is mouthing.
In the Halloween Krewe of Boo parade, after The Hunter asks, "Did you see anything?", the lines "We searched the whole hotel. We didn't find a trace of her, nothing.", and his reply, "Well stop her", don't in any way match what they're seen saying.
When the protagonists run on the airport tarmac, there is a shot where they are filmed from inside the building though glass, following them. The blacked out camera dolly is reflected in the glass.
At an Hour and 48 minutes, when Sam goes into the coffee shop and the door closes behind her, the camera crew is clearly visible in the reflection of the glass.
In the climactic chase through New Orleans, The Hunter jumps from a balcony and is seen landing on a cushioned pad.
When speaking with Sgt Leach, Reacher refers to her "DI" (Drill Instructor). The US Army uses the title Drill Sergeant, not Drill Instructor, a Marines term.
The two protagonist speak out loud of government top secret topics in a taxi when the driver will hear them speak.
During the hotel room argument, Turner says Reacher is "like something feral - you've got their scent in your nose and all you want is blood." Feral animals don't hunt by the scent of blood - they're usually scavengers because they don't know how to hunt. Feral means a domesticated animal that has been released back to the wild.