Les Jones

The Usual Suspects > Continuity Gaffes in The Usual Suspects

In chapter 8 the emerald smuggler flies into New York City and is met by New York's Finest Taxi Service. "New York's Finest Taxi Service was not your normal taxi service. It was a ring of corrupt cops in the NYPD that ran a high-profit racket driving smuggers and drug dealers all over the city. For a few hundred dollars you got your own blue and white and a police escort."

The movie shows the smuggler's plane arriving, with front and back views of the jet airplane. Do you notice anything wrong?

These aren't front and back views of the same plane. The first plane has four jet engines on the wings. The second plane has two. I wasn't eagle-eyed enough to notice it myself, but Bryan Singer and Chris McQuarrie mention it on the audio commentary track.

I mention this to point out that some anomolies in the movie might be meaningful, or they may just be unintentional oversights, like this one. The commentary track notes other mistakes. In the parking garage robbery, Keaton wrestles a SIG P220 out of Saul Berg's hand and kicks it across the cement floor to McManus. When McManus picks it up, the SIG P220 has turned into a Browning Hi-Power.