After all, the 80s were pretty good at that. Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen), a civilian analyst for a major. I expected some big jingoistic, flag waving American propaganda of the highest order, showing off the extent of their military might. The Final Countdown is a 1980 Science Fiction film about Time Travel directed by Don Taylor. In the film The Final Countdown a modern aircraft carrier is sent back in time, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In the world of this movie, these smart, dedicated, grounded men approach their loony situation and every impending decision as smart, dedicated, grounded men would.Īnd it’s that’s stone faced seriousness that make the questions these guys ask seem so serious, and the stakes so high. There’s no winking at the camera, there are no shenanigans or comic relief. He told me again to call Mom and assure her he was not hurt and that he would be calling her soon. Which is why it works so well when everyone on screen plays it so straight and serious. flight deck on the aircraft carrier Mike was on. I might go as far as to say that the premise of The Final Countdown is nuttier than squirrel shit. MOVIE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GOES BACK IN TIME FULLhand them out like candy so the world wouldn't be so full of assholes. MOVIE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GOES BACK IN TIME MOVIEThe Final Countdown is built on a premise that’s nothing less than ludicrous. What's the movie from the '80s where the aircraft carrier goes back in time to WWII Not a bad flick. What seems like an obvious opportunity to stop a major attack on their home soil, it’s soon obvious that things aren’t quite so simple when dealing with the repercussions of time travel. The ship’s leaders debate whether or not they should blow the entire Japanese fleet out of the water and save Pearl Harbor. This movie came out nearly 40 years ago, so I have no trouble spoiling the film. When the storm passes, the Nimitz is alone, with the rest of the fleet nowhere to be seen.īetween surveillance shots of Pearl Harbor that show long destroyed ships in pristine condition, and witnessing Japanese Zero fighter jets attacking a civilian yacht, it slowly dawns on Yelland and Lasky that they have somehow travelled back in time, to the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that would lead to America actively joining World War II. Nimitz is transported back to December 6, 1941. Captained by Matthew Yelland ( Kirk Douglas), and with a civilian observer ( Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky) onboard, they encounter a strange storm. 40 years after the Second World War, the state of the art and loaded to the hilt US aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz is making its way through the Pacific with a fleet of other American naval ships.
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