The Final Countdown [Blu-ray]

Let's go back in time to 1980....

If we do that, we can take out all inferences to cheesy special effects, and we can arrive at the conclusion that (for it's time) this was a great movie. Top Gun was still 6 years in the future (which, in my opinion, doesn't hold a candle to this movie in terms of visual photography or visual continuity). These were real pilots and enlisted personnel on a real ship, save for the few stars that were in the film. It's doubtful that we could make a similar movie today and still maintain the full cooperation of the Navy and the crew of a nuclear aircraft carrier. Part movie and part documentary, it brings up questions that we still struggle with today (both in film and in reality) concerning time travel and past/present/future possibilities.

Nearer 4 stars for me. This is a fine piece of entertainment that doesn't overstay its welcome (running time = 98 minutes). I've always been a sucker for time travel stories and this is pretty good.

This has a good cast, including Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and Katherine Ross. The story is incredibly unlikely but somehow it works and the ending was a complete surprise to me. Unlike one of the previous reviewers I didn't find the acting/script that bad.

OK so I wouldn't buy it at new release prices but at the right price (i.e. cheap) its worth getting and my feeling is that I'm going to enjoy it more when I watch it again.

This classic sci-fi is a great Navy recuiting film and typical "what-if".
It's a movie that you can enjoy rewatching.

I was on the NIMITZ when this movie was filmed, & met Kirk Douglas. I loved the fact that the actual crew was allowed to participate in the movie. Granted the whole storm sequence takes place while the ship was tied up at the pier, but movie magic took care of that. The fact that our ship could have changed history as we know it made a good movie project.

A great time-travel what would happen if movie. First-rate production and story line. Well worth the cost.