John Q (2002)

Directed by

Nick Cassavetes

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 2,649 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father takes hostages in a hospital emergency room because his son needs a heart transplant and the family cannot afford the operation. He tries to force doctors to put his son on a transplant list.

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What happens

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 room hostage in order for his son to receive a heart transplant. Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, and Ray Liotta appear in supporting roles. The film was released by New Line Cinema on February 15, 2002. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a commercial success, grossing $102.2 million on a $36 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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