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The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown

6.6

The Final Countdown

PG·1980·103m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Don Taylor

Screenplay

Gerry Davis

Screenplay, Story

David Ambrose

Screenplay, Story

Thomas Hunter

Screenplay, Story

Peter Powell

Reviews

JPV852

JPV852

May 13, 2021

8

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...

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$12,000,000.00

Revenue:

$16,647,800.00

Keywords

airplane
world war ii
time travel
pearl harbor
pacific war
naval warfare
1940s
1980s
japanese
uss nimitz