John Q. is a 2002 American thriller crime drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, and written by James Kearns. It stars Denzel Washington as the title character, a man who takes a hospital emergency …

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Unable to pay for his son's life-saving heart transplant, a desperate man holds a hospital ER hostage to force doctors to perform the surgery.

Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Denzel Washington ("Training Day," "American Gangster") stars as John Q. Archibald, an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family.

As time and options run out, a desperate gamble becomes the only hope for John Q, as he takes an unwitting group of people hostage in the hospital emergency room.

Feb 15, 2002 · 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 …

John Q (2002) PG-13 02/15/2002 (US) Drama, Thriller, and Crime 1h 56m User Score

James Woods plays the rich, blood-sucking doctor who John Q. takes hostage along with other innocent bystanders and hospital staff but John Q. has a heart too. Ray Liotta and Robert Duvall have …