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"The Final Countdown" is a sci-fi flick from 1980 directed by Don Taylor. It has an impressive list of actors... Kirk Douglass, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, and Lloyd Kaufman (yes, Lloyd Kaufman who makes all those cheesy low-budget Troma films like the Toxic Avenger. He not only played a naval officer in the movie, he was a producer on it as well.)
This movie is about the aircraft carrier "The U.S.S. Nimitz." It enters a strange storm and is sent back in time to arrive just hours before the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. The commander of the Nimitz, Kirk Douglass, must make a hard choice... to use the mighty firepower (102 modern jet fighters and the ship's armament) to destroy the Japanese fleet and prevent the invasion of Pearl Harbor and possibly saving all the lives lost in WWII, or to do nothing and let history run its course so that nothing in the modern timeline will be changed ala the "butterfly effect."
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This is a super cool movie that I enjoyed very much when it came out in the 80s. It's a little dated but is still fun to watch. The cast is incredible! The story really gives you something to think about. I recommend that you watch this one. A pretty good sci-fi flick!
- Patrick Shawn Bennett Broadcasting from a life raft somewhere in the Pacific. Oh, and from the past too.
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