Why it may be worth watching
- The Final Countdown combines War and Action elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.6/10 from 711 votes.
Movie
The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
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.
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Cast
Kirk DouglasCapt. Matthew Yelland
Martin SheenWarren Lasky
Katharine RossLaurel Scott
James FarentinoWing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'NealCommander Dan Thurman
Charles DurningSenator Samuel Chapman
Victor MohicaBlack Cloud
James ColemanLt. Perry
Soon-Tek OhSimura
Alvin IngLt. Kajima
Lloyd KaufmanLCdr. Kaufman
Dan FitzgeraldNavy Doctor
Peter DouglasQuartermaster
Viewing guide
Is The Final Countdown right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for War, Action, Science Fiction.
Content notes
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Themes and topics
airplaneworld war iitime travelpearl harborpacific warnaval warfare1940s1980s
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Reviews
JPV852External review ·
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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