John Q is a 2002 film by Nick Cassavetes; starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, 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 recipient's list.
The film also stars Kimberly Elise, Anne Heche, James Woods, Ray Li...
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John Q is a 2002 film by Nick Cassavetes; starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, 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 recipient's list.
The film also stars Kimberly Elise, Anne Heche, James Woods, Ray Liotta, Eddie Griffin and Robert Duvall, among others.
The film was shot in Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario(ballpark scenes), and Canmore, Alberta, although the story takes place in Chicago.
As the film opens, a young woman is recklessly driving a white BMW down a mountain highway. A slow-moving truck impedes her progress, and she attempts to pass it by moving into the oncoming lane of traffic, on a blind curve. Suddenly, a second truck looms in the oncoming lane, and it clips the woman's rear fender. The woman spins and comes to a stop in front of...
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