Geeks ONLY! Blooper in the Sub-plot involving the microprocessors

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2006)

The microprocessors used in the film sub-plot (during the $1million exchange with the Chinese gang) is the kind of chip used as a washing machine part!
I work for ST as an Author and spotted the device. The STMicroelectronics processor that is used to form the sub-plot of the movie (shown about 30 minutes in) is an ST9 based 16-bit MCU, the ST92F150JDVxxx. It's the kind of chip used as a washing machine part by Candy and Hoover! Hardly a "TOP SECRET" Mil-Standard missile guidance system device! And hardly worth a $millionUS for a case full! The Chinese gang could contact "Big Jim" our marketing guy in Roussett and have 100,000 chips shipped out for less than a 1million$. Mind you it wouldn't help the films plot very much! Good business for Jack Nicholson's gangster! And good product placement for ST!