Film1980103 min

The Final Countdown

Name: The Final Countdown
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, War
Released: 1980
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionwarhistoricalvehiclesadventurefasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly sci-fi film that is expansive, serious and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

6.6/10

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it

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Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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.

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