The Final Countdown

Name: The Final Countdown
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, War
Released: 1980-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.643

About The Final Countdown

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.

The Final Countdown is a 1980 science fiction war film directed by Don Taylor. At 103 minutes long, it arrived in January 1980.

Its themes are airplane, pacific war, naval warfare, and pearl harbor.

Kirk Douglas stars as Capt. Matthew Yelland, Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky, Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott, and James Farentino as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens. The screenplay is by David Ambrose and Gerry Davis. Produced by Bryna Productions. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Cineverse Amazon Channel.

Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Tora! Tora! Tora! make useful companions to The Final Countdown. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 702 votes and it carries a PG rating.