The Final Countdown (1980)

IMDb plot summary: A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Directed by Don Taylor. Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, and James Farentino.

This is such an interesting concept for a movie, executed in such a bizarrely dull way. Most of the movie is filled with tedious jargon, and then the film builds to a big dramatic climax only to immediately run away from it when it actually happens. It feels like the concept was handed to someone who really didn't want to write a time travel script, so worked around it as much as they possibly could. So many baffling choices for what could have been a fun and silly flick!

2 stars.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Final Countdown < Twin Sisters
The Final Countdown > Hiroshima mon amour
The Final Countdown > Our Paradise
The Final Countdown < Aladdin
The Final Countdown < Coraline
The Final Countdown < Where Eagles Dare
The Final Countdown > Rango
The Final Countdown > Chinatown
The Final Countdown > Quitting
The Final Countdown < Moonstruck

Final spot: #1718 out of 2809.