Goofs

When Michael Jennings looks carefully at the Albert Einstein stamps through a magnifying glass, in one of the stamps Einstein has a squared eye, formed by six little black squares (the newspaper pages). Later, when viewing the stamps through the microscope, the eye is rounded, with six white squares inside.

The wording on the bullet changes every time the camera is focused on it.

The Diamond ring that was stolen can later be seen when Jennings empties his "belongings" onto the bed, it disappears in the next shot.

The ID card that Michael sends himself gets used twice in the movie - once to access the restricted area, second to access the machine. Both times the card (prop) is different from the originally shown on FBI surveillance, and other "envelope inventory" shots (the number of the card that appears first several times is 071486036043).

Fairly early in the movie, when Jennings is having lunch with Troy, he dumps out the contents of the manila envelope on the table. When the two notice that they're being watched, Jennings hastily scoops the items back into the envelope; however, we see that he misses the bullet. In the next shot, the bullet is still on the table, albeit partially obscured by a napkin. The two men flee, leaving the bullet on the table, yet somehow Jennings has and uses it later in the movie.

The "checkpoint" from where Michael's memory was supposed to be erased after finishing his first job is shown in a monitor as him walking with the box under his arm. However, he wouldn't have this image in his brain, but instead one from his own point of view.

Seattle has no subway system, yet the movie shows a fight in a subway.

The key to the BMW is that of a BMW car. It has the standard Trunk/Lock/Unlock buttons on the key. A BMW motorcycle key is quite a bit smaller with only a silver metal case at the top of the key. Further as Jennings runs around the car lot he is pushing the BMW logo in the middle of the key, this is the Lock part of the key which would not reveal the vehicle he was seeking anyway. The action of the lock part of the key on already locked BMW 3 series is to turn the interior light on. Not visible in daylight.

The microscope Michael uses in the school is that of an inverted light microscope that uses light to shine through the image and into the eyepiece. Using this type of microscope, the image would have to be clear, such as a microscope slide, for the light to pass through. If he tried to use this microscope, the image would just be black. Secondly, the images would be upside down, so when he moves the eye of Albert Einstein down, the image on the screen would actually move up.

From the date on his first paycheck we know it is 2004 but the calendar board says it is Friday December 22. 22 December 2004 was a Wednesday.

Although the cigarettes in Michael's envelope are "smokeless" (according to the secretary's list and the pack), one does indeed smoke when Agent Dodge lights it and blows toward the smoke detector. This is less likely a goof than a deliberate trick by Michael, who may have replaced one of the smokeless cigarettes with a regular one so that it would set off the smoke detector, despite the label on the box, thus surprising the agents.

The film was made in 2003, yet Jennings comes home after a high-tech mind erasure after engineering a holographic computer, and inserts a very low-tech VHS recording of a Red Sox game. While seemingly an anachronism, he may simply possess a personal preference for this kind of medium, as some people still do in 2010.

When Michael starts his tenure at Allcom he is forced to hand over all the personal items he's carrying, including his watch, as he won't be able to take them inside with him. Three years later a watch is given back to him in the envelope as part of his paycheck. When he claims during interrogation by the FBI that none of the items are his, the watch is removed from the envelope and fastened back on his wrist to show that the tan lines match. However, the watch that was given back to him wasn't the watch he initially had. He could have been wearing it the entire time he was working on the project, up until the time he switched the items in the envelope (he would have needed a new watch, since his old one was confiscated when he entered the building).

The envelope of Jennings's belongings supposedly consists only of ordinary, harmless items that wouldn't raise Allcom's suspicions, yet somehow this highly security-conscious company lets him keep his access pass, and a bullet. As a close friend of the company owner though, he might have been subject to less scrutiny in this regard. Alternatively, he might have seen the way to pass these objects in the machine.

Shorty cuts the power at the terminal however the Pepsi cooler's lights are still on when Jennings throws the guy into it. However, it could be attached to a different power generator, as sometimes happens in the real world.

The title of the article on the newspaper clip "Nexim announces it's answer to ARC's living display" should, of course, be "its answer".

The first time Jennings uses the Allcom security card he swipes it the wrong way. It's very obvious that the bar code is not going through the reader.

In the scene in the Metro, where Jennings runs from the approaching train, it moves way too slow for a conventional Metro. At normal speed, it should've reached him in seconds.

When Michael is reading the enlarged newspapers on the screen much of the text is repeated within the articles.

Obvious stunt double when Jennings falls from the catwalk.

When Jennings returns to his home after completing his first job in the opening sequence, he reads a newspaper article titled, "Nexim announces it's answer to ARC's living display". It's should have been its (with no apostrophe), a mistake no writer or editor would ever make.

Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart), as a CEO of a multi million company, wears a Kenneth Cole watch. That brand is considered mid range price/quality; it has a Chinese movement. Not really a watch such person would wear.

Ikea oversized wall clock is shown in the Union Station scene, sold in the early 2000's, runs on a AA battery.

The firearm which Wolfe uses in his attempt to kill Michael while Michael is talking to Maya is a Pachmayr Dominator (a conversion for the .45 caliber 1911 pistol which makes it shoot .308 rifle bullets). This weapon can only shoot one bullet before needing to be reloaded. However, Wolfe rapidly fires several shots at Michael and Rachel as if he is firing a regular automatic pistol, but far too quickly for a single-shot pistol.

The camera crew is reflected in the magnifying glass several times throughout the movie.

When Jennings and Shorty are meeting at the terminal the camera is reflected in the screen they are sitting next to.

The studio lights are reflected in the magnifying lens several times.

When Michael studies the items in the envelope and is looking through the glass prism, a spotlight is reflected.

Supposedly set in Seattle, yet there are many clues giving away the Vancouver, BC filming location. For example: the mountain range visible in the background during the motorcycle chase sequence, and the pamphlet holder on the bus labeled "The Buzzer" (BC Transit's newsletter). Other attempts to add Seattle flavor don't quite work: during the chase through an industrial area Wolfe mentions the intersection of "Pine and 6th" (which is in the heart of downtown Seattle); an FBI agent mentions "Southgate BWM", a fictional location probably based on actual Seattle-area locations "Northgate" and "Southcenter".

During the opening sequence, Jennings purchases a 3D monitor and copies the tech to create a new version that no longer needs the screen. The execs are amazed and rush it to product. But to do the reverse engineering, Jennings uses an interactive 3D hologram system much more advanced than the one he is designing.

Jennings met Rachel at the party before going to work for Allcom and so would have retained his memory of her. The decoy should not have fooled him.

Where did Michael get the black zip-tie to hold the bullet to the piston? Sure was convenient to have that available to keep the bullet in place.

Jimmy's party invitation to Michael includes "P.S. THE RED SOX LOST" - clearly indicating his awareness of Michael's favorite team. Jimmy later directs his decoy Rachel, at times feeding her verbatim lines via hidden transmission, to deceive Michael. Yet when the ruse is almost complete, he lets it fall apart by neglecting to feed his decoy the answer to Michael's question, "What's my favorite baseball team?"