The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

1980-01-31 • 1h 43m • PG •
War Action Science Fiction
6.6
User Score
628 votes

"Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing."

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.

Don Taylor

Director

Peter Powell

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$16,647,800

Runtime

1h 43m

Release Date

1980-01-31

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Reviews

JPV852

JPV852

2021-05-13T18:17:30.300Z

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...