The Final Countdown | | Cast : | Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross | | Director : | Don Taylor | | Studio : | Blue Underground | | Format : | Color, Dolby, Subtitled, DTS Surround Sound, Surround Sound, Widescreen, THX | | Released Date : | August 01, 1980 | | DVD Released Date : | March 30, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | An all time modern thriller with a nostalgic twist! | Content
 | Get your popcorn, candy, and drinks before hitting play. This is one of those all time favorites. The kind of movie where your cuddled up in a blanket, unable to pry your self off the couch for a snack or a trip to the leu. Your friends will envy you, after they watch this movie. The modern air craft carrier USS Nimitz, begins a routine patrol off the coast of Hawaii. Suddenly a mysterious cloud formation plays havoc with the instruments and crew placing them back in time. Many crew members believe this to be a trick by a guest that had boarded back in Hawaii. Soon, every one realizes this is no gag. What will happen to the USS Nimitz and it's crew? Will they change history? The only way to find out, is to gather your friends and family together and take a trip back in time, aboard the USS Nimitz. Get your snacks, and get comfortable this is one movie you won't want to miss a moment of. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Slightly campy but worth every penny!!! | Content
| I remember this movie from the theaters and when it was coming out on DVD I think I picked up the first copy. The mighty F14 is now ending it's career in the US Military but this movie will always keep it high on my WOW list. Many others have commented upon this movie and it's story it already well known. Suffice as to say if you like air to air combat, have ever wondered what would happen if the past technolgies met the present, or have an interest in time travel. Then this movie is for you. True there are some confusing and out of place bits such as when the A7 Crusader (identified in the scene selections as "A destroyer come aboard") comes aboard after the Nimitz passes thru the time storm. But without a doubt the highlight is when the F14s mix it up with the Zeros.
All in all a must see movie... |
| Rating | | | Date | May 08, 2005 | | Summary | Wonderful! | Content
| I live in Hawaii overlooking Pearl Harbor. Aircraft carriers are a common sight, and this movie shows them at their best! I have personally been on dozens of aircarft carriers. Some of the aircraft used in the film are no longer in the Navy inventory, such as the A6. The scene with the F-14 tomcats "playing" with Japanese Zeros is "priceless". I can't count how many time I've watched that scene and it continues to impress me. I love this movie, and recommend it in the stongest possible terms. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 26, 2005 | | Summary | Whatta Geek! | Content
| This is a wonderful movie despite some holes in the plot that are bigger than the storm the Nimitz went through. This is a thought provoking flick where you inevitably find yourself asking, what would I do? And not just for the whole scenario, but for each major character, because they all face certain demons and inner dialogues that comes with each their respective chosen occupations. Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen are at the top of their game for this flick and the supporting cast is top notch. The film's a bit dated, but it still holds up very well. The upgrade on the DVD is spectacular, particularly in the visual department, but they could have thinned the extras, used only one disk and trimmed the price a bit. Let's face it, on most DVD's, you might watch all the extras once and then probably never again. For a movie that clocks in at barely over an hour and a half and also has appeared on television too many times to count, the need for two disks seems a bit much, especially for the asking price. However, if you're like me and enjoy watching this thought provoking film at least once a year, then I highly recommend that you purchase this new and vastly improved DVD upgrade. You might want to also grab the somewhat related "The Philidelphia Experiment" for a really rousing double-feature.
For those of you panning this flick because there's no showdown between the Tomcats and Zeroes (and there shouldn't be one), I'm afraid you've missed the point of the whole movie. Just go rent Top Gun, you big geek! |
| Rating | | | Date | January 17, 2005 | | Summary | Get the Blue Underground Version! | Content
| I thought the Platinum Edition of the VHS was a good version, watching it on TV. But the 2-disc Limited Edition by Blue Underground is amazing in the transfer. First, I have not watched it on TV, but on my computer DVD player. Everything comes out crsytal clear, and just shines in its presentation. In the movie, you can relate to Captain Yellen (Kirk Douglas) of the U.S.S. Nimitz Aircraft Carrier. (I am a Navy Officer and I follow Navy procedures, even though I have no idea who I am working for as of now -- and as System Analyst (Martin Sheen) presents you with your alternative Commander-In-Chief -- President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt - you shrug your shoulders! Got to follow Command, whenever I am!) Your going out for an exercise, but at the last minute you have to wait 2 days for a civilian to come aboard. It's going to be a one of those days, as you find out that he (Martin Sheen) is a System Analyst. By the way, what is it you do? I work for my boss, who helped design the Nimitz Class Carrier, and there are always alternatives in improving efficiency aboard a U.S. Navy Vessel.
Fine or so as Captain you say! But while out at sea, a phenomena engulfs you, and you wonder if this is some sort of Navy Department Test, you are taking. Suddenly after a while you find that you are back in time on December 6, 1941, a day before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. This ship can handle any threat should it occur from the Japanese Fleet, but you already know history. But if you interfere (again from the System Analyst now on board) history will be changed. It is not a simple question, but to Captain Yellen it is. Should they launch their attack, the U.S.S. Nimitz and crew can easily handle the 353 Zero Japanese airplane Attack Force, and easily sink all the ships within the Japanese Fleet. But you will be taking your orders from the now President -- Franklin Delanor Roosevelt, if they ever believe you, and if you can convince them, without going in to talk to them or they coming out to visit you 280 miles West of Pearl Harbor. After watching the movie, it brings up theoretical questions of how would the world be today. Being 40 years from the future, you are the alien with the alien technology. No problem for the Atomic Bomb, you have those on board, and quite sophisicated by 1940's standards, of which they have not even thought about those yet, since the WWII is just beginning. Would you end up in Port, with scientists trying to take apart your technology from the future? Would they be able to understand your technology or just use it in WWII? The What If's are lent to the imagination after viewing the film, as the portal of electrical and vortex storm take you forward in time to where you were -- 1980! History is preserved, and you have to tell the Top Brass, how an aircraft carrier got lost at sea, and all that had happened, as you were transported back in time by a mysterious storm that was there one sweep of the radar and gone the next sweep. This may well boggle your mind, as you learn some physics about what scientists now think about Creation nowadays! I leave you to watch a great movie, that only tends to scratch the surface of transporting one through time, and the consequences of what may or may not happen depending on any action that you would take, while you time traveled and are the alien with the advanced technology.
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