در حین مانورهای روتین نزدیک هاوایی در سال 1980، ناو هواپیمابر USS Nimitz در یک طوفان عجیب و گردابی گرفتار میشود و کشتی را به سال 1941 پرتاب میکند—تنها چند ساعت قبل از حمله ژاپنیها به پرل هاربر.
The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. It was produced by Peter Douglas and Lloyd Kaufman and was the last film directed by Don Taylor; Kaufman also had a minor acting role. The film contains an ensemble cast starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Katharine Ross, Ron O'Neal, and Charles Durning.