The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

1/8/1980 1h 43m 6.6/10

Overview

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director

Don Taylor

Top Billed Cast

Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross

Laurel Scott

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Warren Lasky

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Senator Samuel Chapman

James Farentino

James Farentino

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

Commander Dan Thurman

Reviews

JPV852

5/13/2021

8/10

Pretty fun Twilight Zone-esque movie that was entertaining throughout. Always like the ideas of alternate history and while this doesn't quite change history in the end (and shouldn't given it was Pearl Harbor, not to mention when this movie was released, survivors were only in their early/mid 60s), still was a good time. On the downside, the actual travel through the portal was cheesy and cheap even for 1979/80. **3.75/5** As a side, interesting that only 7 years later, the sons of Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen will star in Wall Street...

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