The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition)

The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition)
by Don Taylor

The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition)
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Actor: James Farentino, Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Ron O'Neal
Director: Don Taylor
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Blue Underground

Movie Reviews of The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition)

Movie Review: Good copy of this movie
Summary: 5 Stars

I liked this movie when I first viewed it in the theater. This is a good copy. Some reviews of earlier versions document a bad version.

For a time travel fiction story this is one of my favorites. Decent story line and it keeps up your interest.

Summary of The Final Countdown (2-Disc Limited Special Edition)

With a tantalizing "what-if?" scenario and a respectable cast of Hollywood veterans, The Final Countdown plays like a grand-scale episode of The Twilight Zone. It's really no more than that, and time-travel movies have grown far more sophisticated since this popular 1980 release, but there's still some life remaining in the movie's basic premise: What if a modern-era Navy aircraft carrier--in this case the real-life nuclear-powered U.S.S. Nimitz--was caught in an anomalous storm and thrust 40 years backwards in time to the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? Will the ship's commander (Kirk Douglas) interfere with history? Will the visiting systems analyst (Martin Sheen) convince him not to? Will a rescued senator from 1941 (Charles Durning) play an unexpected role in the future of American politics? Veteran TV director Don Taylor doesn't do much with the ideas posed by this potentially intriguing plot; he seems more interested in satisfying aviation buffs with loving footage of F-14 "Jolly Roger" fighter jets, made possible by the Navy's generous cooperation. That makes The Final Countdown a better Navy film than a full-fledged time-travel fantasy, but there's a nice little twist at the end, and the plot holes are easy to ignore. James Cameron would've done it better, but this popcorn thriller makes an enjoyable double-bill with The Philadelphia Experiment. --Jeff Shannon

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