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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.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
1980 · 1h 43m · PG
Action, Science Fiction, War
Directed by
Don Taylor
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The Final Countdown
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.
Director and cast
- Don Taylor Director
- Kirk Douglas as Capt. Matthew Yelland
- Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky
- Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott
- James Farentino as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
- Ron O'Neal as Commander Dan Thurman
- Charles Durning as Senator Samuel Chapman
- Victor Mohica as Black Cloud
- James Coleman as Lt. Perry
- Soon-Tek Oh as Simura
- Alvin Ing as Lt. Kajima
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
52%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's filled with technology, special effects and action. But it just doesn't make any sense.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The special effects are funnier than, I suspect, they were intended to be.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
An idea worthy of Harlan Ellison, but disappointingly fumbled.
Time Out
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