John Q

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

Overview

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 2002-02-15
Budget: $36000000
Revenue: $102244770
Runtime: 116 min

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