Tuesday 5 October 2010

The Final Countdown aka U.S.S Nimitz

Plot: In 1980, the USS Nimitz happens to sail through a kinda rip in time. As luck would have it, they happen to pop out just before them pesky Japanese decide to do some bombing on a harbour in Hawaii. Now, the real question, other than how the hell did we get here and how the hell do we get back, is what the hell do we do now?!

It's the age old question...if you could go back and kill Hitler when he was a child, would you?

Starring Kirk Douglas (old legend) and Martin Sheen (new...ish legend), this film does well, despite a limited budget and clearly average special effects (ha ha, I used 'average' and ''special' in conjunction), to come up with an enthralling concept and a joy to all alternate history buffs. The aircraft alone are a brilliant reason for tuning in.

Fans of The Philadelphia Experiment will love this one.

Budget: $12,000,000

Gross: $16,647,800

Fun Fact: Kirk Douglas was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor, but having seen this film, I imagine it's more for his reputation than his performance in this outing.

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