This is not about continuity errors, this is about how a scene is staged so that an audience can understand what's going on. Interestingly enough, the debate is raging online with several people who work in the industry such as Joseph Kahn: http://josephkahn.blogspot.com/2011/09/analyzing-action.html

I for one enjoyed the film, but did notice at least some of his points to be true when I first watched it.


>> ^ulysses1904:

Finding continuity errors in movies is like shooting fish in a barrel. The Goofs section of just about any movie at imdb.com is full of countless continuity errors, both small and blatant, especially in chase scenes. I can't imagine this movie stands out as any worse than the rest.
But some newb taking Editing 101 might find this as insightful as Jim Emerson does.