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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0827058104593 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen, Digital Sound, Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Blue Underground Languages: Manufacturer: Blue Underground MPN: 581045 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Blue Underground Release Date: March 30, 2004 Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Blue Underground Theatrical Release Date: August 01, 1980 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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 Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good copy of this movieI liked this movie when I first viewed it in the theater. This is a good copy. Some reviews of earlier versions document a bad version. For a time travel fiction story this is one of my favorites. Decent story line and it keeps up your interest. Rating: - The final countdownI received this verrrrry fast...the movie is exactly as I remembered..Although I was not aware it was a LucasFilm/Spielberg Production. I guess that's why it is very good! Rating:  - The Final CountdownWe'd looked for this for a while and enjoyed it. It's mid-career Kirk Douglas and we enjoyed the plot. :) Rating: - Totally SatisfiedThe movie arrived right as scheduled and in perfect shape. We enjoyed it tremendously; thanks. Rating: - An Alright FilmThe Final Countdown was a really good movie. I would recommend it to people that love Scifi and Time Travel movies. I gave it 3 stars because the story line really to me didn't make any sense. They go back to 1941 and they are there for a long time just sending planes up and scouting and there is a few deaths and one American plane shoots down a jap plane and explodes but that is basically it. Torwards the end when they are going to get ready to intercept the japanese they get called back to the ... Read More |
