The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

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

PG 1980 · 103 min · ★ 6.6 · War, Action, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Don Taylor · Written by David Ambrose

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