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.
The Final Countdown has generally received positive reviews.
Perhaps you were looking for:
Cinafilm features reviews from top contributing critics and users.
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Mar 2009
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Andy Patrizio (3) for IGN (1,013) on 13 Feb 1991
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 13 Jun 1986
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Vincent Canby (762) for New York Times (5,786) on 29 Aug 2004
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Jay Scott (240) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 06 Dec 1997
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By James H (4,675) on 22 Dec 2006
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Kyle M (2,387) on 05 Jun 2007
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
Review of The Final Countdown (1980)
By Lee B (1,154) on 17 Nov 2011
More About This Page
The Final Countdown was released in 1980 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 257 reviews, giving The Final Countdown (1980) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 74%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Final Countdown than critics were.
With a score of 61%, The Final Countdown is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1980, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1980 with similar scores include films like Heaven's Gate, Private Benjamin and Rat Race.
Popular Movies Right Now
