Goofs for
Quarantine (2008) More at IMDbPro »

• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Power to the building has been cut, yet the elevator still works. One character briefly mentioned that the building has a back-up generator, most likely to assist evacuation during emergencies. A pre-programmed back-up system explains why the elevator stops at each floor, and why the doors take so long to close.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Near the end, when Angela and Scott get into the room with lab equipment and newspaper articles on the walls, one article with the headline "Doomsday Cult Suspected in Weapons Lab Break In" is a real article. The real headline is "Dead by 34: How AIDS and Starvation Condemn Zimbabwe's Women to An Early Grave" by Daniel Howden, written Nov 17, 2006.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the bio-suited CDC doctors enter the building, you hear the sounds of a self-contained breathing apparatus. However, the doctors are wearing standard gas masks with NBC filters, which are almost silent and don't use an external air supply.
  
  

• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the United States, it is illegal for a law enforcement official to order someone not to film or photograph something.
  
  
• Factual errors: Veterinarian Lawrence (Greg Germann) claims that a blood test for rabies will not work and the only way to test for rabies is a brain sample. A brain sample is the most reliable way to diagnose rabies but it is also possible to make the diagnosis from saliva, urine and cerebrospinal fluid samples.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Randy exits the elevator and is attacked by the rabid German Shepherd, you can see him holding onto the dog's collar from the side/near the back of its head. This indicates that the dog may not have been well trained and the actor (or stuntman) had to hold the dog in place to keep it from running off set, as a normal reaction would be to push on the dog's chest and throat to get it off in that situation.
  
  

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