John Q.(2002)

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Synopsis

John Q. Archibald is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife Denise and young son Michael are his world. But when Michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that John Q. can't afford and his health insurance won't cover, he vows to do whatever it will take to keep his son alive. With time and options running out, a desperate gamble becomes his only hope--he takes the emergency room hostage. As John Q. barricades himself inside the hospital along with his unwitting group of emergency room hostages, many of them in need of medical care themselves, he faces off with a veteran police hostage negotiator and a quick-tempered police chief who both want to bring a swift end to the stand-off.
John Q. Archibald is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife Denise and young son Michael are his world. But when Michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that …
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In Theaters

  • February 15, 2002

MPAA Rating

PG-13 (for violence / language / intense thematic elements)

Genres

Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Run Time

1 hour 50 minutes

Distributors

New Line Cinema

Box Office

$71,026,632

Directors

CAST

Denzel Washington

John Quincy Archibald

Robert Duvall

Lieutenant Frank Grimes

Kimberly Elise

Denise Archibald

Anne Heche

Rebecca Payne

James Woods

Doctor Raymond Turner

Eddie Griffin

Lester
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