The Final Countdown

You blink on deck as radar glitches and the ocean vanishes behind a storm that shouldn’t exist. Then the alarms start and you’re at 1941, engines idling over 1941 water. You’re still the same crew, same war, only the date’s wrong. A pitched dogfight looms beneath you, time folding double.

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Don Taylor directed The Final Countdown in 1980. See Don Taylor's full filmography, where to start with Don Taylor, or where to go after you've seen everything by Don Taylor.

The Final Countdown was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.