Joe Versus the Volcano

• Tom Hanks: Joe Banks
• Lloyd Bridges: Samuel Harvey Gray Amore
• Robert Stack: Ellison
• Amanda Plummer: Dagmar
• Carol Kane: Cassandra

Joe Versus The Volcano ( Original title: Joe Versus the Volcano ) is an American comedy film from the year 1990 was directed by John Patrick Shanley, who also wrote the screenplay.. The film starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Action

Joe Banks is working with a manufacturer of medical devices. When he learns that he is terminally ill, he announces the job. The appointment with the colleague DeDe is a fiasco.

The millionaire Samuel Harvey Gray Amore proposes Banks off to jump as a human sacrifice on the Pacific island Waponi Wu into a volcano, so the local population agrees to a commodity contract. Banks flies from New York to Los Angeles. There he meets the daughters of the millionaire, Angelica and Patricia Gray Amore, know; Patricia accompanied him on his further journey. The two get married and rush into the volcano. At this moment, the volcano erupts and hurls Patricia and Joe safely in the Pacific. Joe learns that his doctor was bribed by Samuel Gray Amore to issue an incorrect diagnosis.

Reviews

Hans -Ulrich Pönack called the film in the magazine tip as poor romance and terribly boring. Another reviewer certified comedy fascinating stupidity. In the magazine cinematic representation of Meg Ryan has been highly praised.

The lexicon of the International film said: " A modern romantic tale, its flimsy story but having too much idle to entertain carefree can. "