John Q (2002)

Name: John Q
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Released: 2002-02-15
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Denzel Washington, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Robert Duvall, Shawn Hatosy

DramaThrillerCrime

116 min

"Give a father no options and you leave him no choice."

Plot Summary

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.