The Final Countdown

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

6.6

1980

1h 43m

WarActionScience Fiction

Director: Don Taylor

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.

Trailer

The Final Countdown (1980) Original Trailer [4K]

Cast

Capt. Matthew Yelland

Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland

Warren Lasky

Martin Sheen

Warren Lasky

Laurel Scott

Katharine Ross

Laurel Scott

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

James Farentino

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

Commander Dan Thurman

Ron O'Neal

Commander Dan Thurman

Senator Samuel Chapman

Charles Durning

Senator Samuel Chapman

Black Cloud

Victor Mohica

Black Cloud

Lt. Perry

James Coleman

Lt. Perry

Simura

Soon-Tek Oh

Simura

Lt. Kajima

Alvin Ing

Lt. Kajima

LCdr. Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

LCdr. Kaufman

Navy Doctor

Dan Fitzgerald

Navy Doctor

Reviews

JPV852

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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