Continuity: In the scene where Harrison Ford confronts (and beats up) the tourists, there are a number of close-up shots of the people in the first wagon, including one where Viggo Mortensen leans forward and tells the driver to do nothing, even though he is being provoked. In all these close ups, Mortensen is bare-headed. When the shot changes to Ford's perspective, from the cart behind, we see one of the tourists grab a straw hat from Mortensen's head. The hat has appeared out of nowhere in a split second. There is a child with a straw hat behind Mortensen, but the hat stays on his head in both shots.

Plot hole: When Schaeffer, McFee, and Fergie drive to the Lapp farm to kill John, the car stops on top of a hill. Then it reverses a bit to be out of sight from the farm. But then the formerly careful guys get out and walk down the open road, sporting their guns like in an Italo western.

Continuity: At the end of the film, during the wordless good-bye scene between Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford, she stands at the door wearing her Amish bonnet. The straps hang untied in front of her shoulders. After a cut to a shot of Ford looking at her with regret in his eyes, the camera returns to McGillis...still wearing the bonnet, but now the straps have magically flipped to the back.

Plot hole: When John tries to start his car with the flat battery the least he should have done is switch the windshield wipers off.

Continuity: When the people are having their break during the barn raise there is a panorama shot where most of the roof is gone that had been already fixed.

Continuity: During the barn raise John is seen hammering somewhere up in the structure. The hammering continues while the camera is on Daniel who is getting some lemonade from Rachel. He then offers his lemonade to John who is now standing on the ground.

Visible crew/equipment: After the funeral service, Eli, Rachel, and Samuel go back home by carriage. When the carriage is shown from the front you see a reflection of a camera in the windshield in front of Eli's hat.

Continuity: Near the end of the movie McFee shoots a hole in the silo door which is quite oddly shaped. When the camera is on Schaeffer, calling McFee, you hear another shot. Then you see the silo door again with corn pouring out through a nicely cut, straight hole where the gunshot was, plus two more "dents" where this powerful weapon now couldn't even make holes.

Continuity: When Samuel shows his new toy to Rachel she looks out of the kitchen window into the fields. Two shots later she looks out of the same window and, surprise, there are Eli and John putting up the bird house. When she talks to Eli later there is same window in the background, with no bird house to be seen.

Factual error: Rachel points out to John Book that Amish don't wear shirts with buttons because they aren't "simple." However, when Daniel sits on the porch with Rachel and drinks lemonade, he is wearing a farmer's shirt with buttons.

Revealing: During the barn raise you see the some men using ridiculously small nails to connect huge beams.

Continuity: When Schaeffer and the bad cops approach the Amish Farm, it's late afternoon/early evening. But when Samuel runs to the Hochleitner farm, and when the other Amish come running, it is mid-day or early afternoon.

Continuity: When John says good-bye to Samuel you see them from across a brook, sitting on the bank. In the next shot they are shown from behind and the brook is gone. To top it off, John even walks off in the direction where the brook was before.

Continuity: On the way to Philadelphia the length of the train changes. It's very long when it enters the station, a locomotive + 1 wagon on the way in a shot from the front, and a locomotive + 3 wagons in a panorama shot later.

Audio problem: When John milks the cow you hear the milk splashing into the bucket but you don't see any.

Factual error: When Rachel and Samuel leave for Philadelphia by train the train overtakes Daniel's cart after quite a while. That's not possible since Daniel was still standing on the platform when the train left the station.

Continuity: After the scene where Rachel dances with John Book, she is chastised by her Father-in-law outside the house. As the camera angle switches back and forth from over his shoulder, then her's, the distance between them is radically different. Over her shoulder the brim of his straw hat is nearly touching her. From his perspective there appears to be a good three feet of distance.

Continuity: When the train overtakes the cart you see in alternating shots either the cart on the road with clear field in between or, in an angle showing Rachel's and Samuel's faces, a built-up area with station and factory looking buildings.

Continuity: When John puts up Rachel and Samuel with his sisters they are shown to their bedroom. The sister goes down the stairs and says a few words to John before he leaves. When she comes back Rachel and Samuel have already changed into their nightgowns - not at all enough time for that.

Plot hole: The way John confronts Samuel with the first suspect (throwing and pressing the guy against the side window of the car Samuel sits in) is plain ridiculous and certainly not the practice of a good cop like John. Later they have a proper confrontation with six more suspects.