Ava goes into a bar and orders a double scotch. There are sounds of ice in glass, and the bartender asks, "Do you want it on the rocks?" and Ava says, "Sure." The bartender says, "Good, 'cause you got it on the rocks." He hands her the glass with ice in it, but there is no ice in it when she holds it up to her face.
Duke orally states a different management code than the one displayed as his on the file materials in the title montage.
Throughout the movie, and especially in Ava and Simon's fight scene, the characters magically stop bleeding from wounds that would continue bleeding for a while unless stitched or glued.
When Brandy and Peter are parked, weeds around the car before and after Brandy gets in the back seat show that the SUV was moved.
The flag on the uniform of the German helping get Ava downstairs flips upside-down from the time he enters the elevator to when he exits it.
The German general is way too young to have achieved the rank of four star general. In the German army this rank is given only to the most senior commanders (e.g. the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr or the chief of staff at SHAPE).
At the very beginning of the movie, the announcer on P.A. at the Paris airport "Le Bourget" speaks French with an English or American accent. This would never happen in a French airport.
At the German embassy in Riyadh, security is provided by heavily armed German soldiers. This is complete nonsense as security in German embassies is provided by the German Federal Police.
All German MPs have their shoulder rank insignia attached the wrong way around to their uniform. Additionally, the berets have the badge of the maintenance branch instead of MP.
In the beginning, when Camille is listening to Ava and Peter's conversation, she uses a digital stereo audio recorder (Tascam DR-07X or very similar) which is made for recording near sources or ambient sounds, but by no means for amplification of distant conversations.
''Count no man happy until the end is known'' wasn't said by Croesus as Ava claims. It was said by Solon about Croesus.
However, Duke was mistaken, not his students.
However, Duke was mistaken, not his students.
When Ava picks up Peter at the airport, she refers to him as "Mr. Hamilton". Later, on a Boston TV news report, he is referred to as "Hawthorne".
However, it is perfectly safe to assume that he was travelling under a pseudonym.
However, it is perfectly safe to assume that he was travelling under a pseudonym.
Simon, the leader of a network of trained assassins, comes to kill someone who has no idea who he is (Ava), and his strategy is to first call and tell her, then walk straight into her room instead of using his anonymity and the element of surprise.
While this is very unrealistic, it was probably meant to show his pride and need for revenge.
While this is very unrealistic, it was probably meant to show his pride and need for revenge.
At 9:43 "In the opening montage, the newspaper article about the DUI accident states that 18 year old Ava was taken into custody on a Thursday, but the date ['06-27-95'] on her arrest photo [shown almost immediately after the newspaper article] was a Tuesday."
The movie could have easily been clearer about this, but these are separate incidents, as is the incident in the report shown immediately after the arrest photo, dated '03/15/1999' (a Monday, for those curious) and at a different location (584 Dorchester Ave) than the article's incident (Geneva Ave). This is presumably to establish a history of offenses between her being an overachieving high school student and joining the army. Ava mentions this time period at 33:06 in the group therapy scene.
The movie could have easily been clearer about this, but these are separate incidents, as is the incident in the report shown immediately after the arrest photo, dated '03/15/1999' (a Monday, for those curious) and at a different location (584 Dorchester Ave) than the article's incident (Geneva Ave). This is presumably to establish a history of offenses between her being an overachieving high school student and joining the army. Ava mentions this time period at 33:06 in the group therapy scene.
When Simon's daughter holds a pistol to Duke's head, she keeps her finger outside of the trigger guard, instead of inside the guard and ready to fire. This mistake would only be made by someone who had no knowledge of firearms use. However, it is never implied that she actually has knowledge of firearms use. She just works for his father but not killing targets.
Actually, one trained in firearms would know that to avoid firing by mistake, one must keep the finger over the trigger, which is what the daughter does as she has no intention killing anyone.
Actually, one trained in firearms would know that to avoid firing by mistake, one must keep the finger over the trigger, which is what the daughter does as she has no intention killing anyone.
Everyone in the club begins to scream and scatter for no reason. Even if some did it because they saw a fight between a little redheaded girl and security (which is unrealistic on its own), people who could not see or hear what was going on still screamed and scattered.
When the German officer/soldier grabs Ava around her neck from behind, it looks more like the arm positioning of someone trying to cuddle; in no way is it an attack or a choke.
In the fight at Toni's club, Ava snaps a grown man's neck with one arm from the guillotine position.
When Ava calls in to state that the contract on Peter was completed, she gives her ID "Executive code: 74598CG". Duke then replies with his ID "Management Code 840227", however, closed captions display his ID to as "Management Code 9C729CF".
When Ava is listed as the valedictorian, showing her participation in various clubs and extracurricular activities, the comma is missing after "Science Bowl Team".
An alarm at a foreign embassy in Riyadh, let alone multiple shootings, would result in immediate police intervention.
The scene in which Simon comes from Canada to Boston to kill Ava ends with Simon telling her he will kill her if he sees her again.
When dropping the victim so close to the lake's shore, the killer might not have realized that the length of the chain will mean that the body could raise easily to somewhere near the surface.
The killer drops the victim from the pontoon rather than using the available boat to drop him from the middle of the lake where it less likely to be found.