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The Final Countdown

6.6/10

Rating

103 min

Runtime

1980

Release Year

Don Taylor

Director

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal

Quick Synopsis

In 1980, while conducting routine exercises near Hawaii, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz encounters an unusual storm that creates a vortex, transporting the ship and its crew back in time to 1941. They arrive just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, placing them in a critical moment in history.

Detailed Synopsis of The Final Countdown

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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