Joe Versus the Volcano
Movie • 1990 • Comedy
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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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it's ambiguous whether a hammerhead shark dies.
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On the pier, Joe is told that he’s going to “hurl” on the boat, but it’s just a way of getting under his skin and nothing happens
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Is an animal abandoned?
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a hammerhead shark seems to be caught (to the characters' surprise) while fishing, and is then let go.
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**SPOILERS** attempted suicide by jumping into a volcano, but it's framed as heroic, and no one ends up dying
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there domestic violence?
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sensitiveturtle
**SPOILERS** two main characters voluntarily jump into a volcano, two Waponi hurl themselves into huge gongs and are carried away on stretchers
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Does a kid die?
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*SPOILERS** there are kids on the island that sinks into the sea, presumably everyone on it dies
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Is there sexual content?
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Some passionate kissing but no actual sex
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Does it have a sad ending?
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**SPOILERS** not framed as sad, but personally i thought it was because all the people on the island died and literally no one cared
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Two people get burned but don't die, it just looks like soot on their face and they’re completely fine
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One shaving scene but no visible razor that I remember, just cream
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Is there hate speech?
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No explicit hate speech but very over the top and inaccurate stereotypical depictions of Indigenous Pacific Islanders, who have ritual ceremonies, whoop, and wear headdresses and war paint. The main plot point is that Joe has to jump in the volcano as a human sacrifice because they think a fire god called the "Waponi Woo" is going to kill them. In the end it does and they all die (not onscreen, we just see the island sinking). Joe says he and the woman "got lucky" for surviving and doesn't seem upset at all. If culturally insensitive depictions of Indigenous people affect you definitely do not watch this movie.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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(Major SPOILER) Someone is led to believe that he is dying so that he will kill himself so a rich man can get richer. This is not gaslighting, but a big, abusive lie may be triggering to people who have been gaslit.
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Is there misophonia?
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I don’t have misophonia so I can’t comment on what might trigger people, but in Joe’s office, his boss is on the phone and repeats the same phrase over and over at least ten times. Was upsetting even to me
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Joe is potentially suffering from some form of PTSD since his time as a firefighter, as he is now convinced that he is sick, seems depressed, and is sensitive to things such as flickering lights. His doctor tells him his symptoms are caused by trauma from his firefighter job.
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Is there amputation?
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No amputation, but a realistic looking model prosthetic arm in the beginning
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Does a pregnant person die?
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**SPOILERS** one of the Waponi is a very visibly pregnant woman who presumably dies with everyone else
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a parent die?
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Not onscreen, but Joe mentions multiple times that he doesn’t have any family and “has no one.”
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Does the black guy die first?
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No but the only black character in the movie is the chauffeur, who serves only to guide and help the white main character
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Does someone have cancer?
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Not cancer, but Joe is diagnosed with a terminal brain illness (one that does not exist in the real world) and given six months to live
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Potentially, when the ship sinks and Joe and Patricia are left with only Joe's floating boxes to stay afloat and have to spend time at sea on a small space.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Sort of - Joe is told by a doctor that he has a terminal illness called a 'brain cloud' which he believes is real throughout the movie (but is discovered to be made-up).
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Does someone fall to their death?
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**SPOILERS** two main characters voluntarily jump into a volcano but are fine
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Is religion discussed?
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It is a religion made up for the movie.
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Is there a shower scene?
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The Waponi give Joe a bath under a stream of water, he is naked but no private parts are shown, although most of his bare body is
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Multiple times, framed as a heroic thing, not a joke
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A pretty long lightning storm scene on the boat
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**SPOILERS** boat gets struck by lightning and splits in half, three people on it presumably drown
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