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.
An idea worthy of Harlan Ellison, but disappointingly fumbled.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
The special effects are funnier than, I suspect, they were intended to be.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
It's filled with technology, special effects and action. But it just doesn't make any sense.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
As a documentary on the USS Nimitz, The Final Countdown is wonderful. As entertainment, however, it has the feeling of a telepic that strayed onto the big screen.