Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3279282-20171016184901/@comment-2112031-20171021100129

Ncduru wrote: Wonder why they even used Pakura's design in Will of Fire. Naruto movies always had flaws with the canonical timeline. It's not just Pakura's design either, the other shinobi had the designs of Toroi, Gari and Chūkichi. However, the Kekkei Genkai that Hiruko absorbed from the shinobi he kidnapped were Storm Release, Dark Release, Steel Release, and Swift Release. Whereas Pakura, Toroi and Gari possess different Kekkei Genkai and Chūkichi doesn't appear to even have any Kekkei Genkai at all.

As for the movies' placement in the timeline, most of them can fit with minimal problems. It's really only Blood Prison and Road to Ninja that don't quite fit, due to inconsistencies. I think the answer provided here explains it quite well.