The Final Countdown [Region 2]
by Don Taylor
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Actor: James Farentino, Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Ron O'NealDirector: Don Taylor
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Movie Reviews of The Final Countdown [Region 2]
Movie Review: The Final Countdown
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I saw this movie was in 1982 on video. After that I think we have seen it for at least 50 times... And now since I purchased it on Blue ray and before on DVD, I have seen it again several times. This is what you should call SciFi...
It remains a very good movie even after more then 20years and so many viewings! It should be recomended to all people as from 12 yrs of age!
Dick Vermeulen
Grootebroek, Netherlands
Summary of The Final Countdown [Region 2]
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 ShannonScience Fiction & Fantasy DVD Video
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