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The Final Countdown

1980 · 103 min

A tense, thoughtful what-if that mixes military hardware with a haunting time-travel dilemma, leaving you pondering the weight of history.

Directed by
Don Taylor
Genres
War, Action, Science fiction
Tagline
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
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.

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Directed by
Don Taylor
Genres
War, Action, Science fiction
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • war
  • power
  • morality
  • survival
Places
  • sea
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
war, action, science fiction
Directed by
Don Taylor
Written by
David Ambrose, Gerry Davis, Peter Powell, Thomas Hunter
Starring
Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, Victor Mohica, James Coleman
Music
John Scott
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Russian, English, Japanese

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