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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 04/07/2009 Format: Blu-ray - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, German, Spanish Subtitles: English, German, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Members Wishing: 14 Genres: Drama, Medical Drama, Crime Drama See Also: John Q.

A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real-life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film. Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archibald, a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. When his young son, Michael (Daniel E. Smith), is stricken during a baseball game, John and his wife, Denise (Kimberly Elise), discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although the Archibalds have health insurance, they are informed by hospital administrator Rebecca Payne (Anne Heche) that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money himself, John persuades the hospital's compassionate cardiac surgeon, Dr. Raymond Turner (James Woods), to waive his lofty fee, but is still left with too much of a financial burden to bear. With no recourse but to take his son home to die, John snaps and holds the staff and patients of the hospital's emergency room hostage at gunpoint. John is soon a media hero, the focus of intense news coverage, even as police chief Gus Monroe (Ray Liotta) and hostage negotiator Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) try to resolve the situation before it leads to bloodshed. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Denzel Washington - John Q. Archibald
Robert Duvall - Frank Grimes
James Woods - Dr. Raymond Turner
Kimberly Elise - Denise Archibald
Daniel E. Smith - Mike Archibald
Anne Heche - Rebecca Payne