

Joe Versus the Volcano(1990)
An average Joe. An adventurous comedy.
Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.


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