John Q (2002)

Synopsis

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.

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Stream

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Cast

• Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald
• James Woods as Dr. Raymond Turner
• Kimberly Elise as Denise Archibald
• Robert Duvall as Lt. Frank Grimes
• Shawn Hatosy as Mitch Quigley
• Eddie Griffin as Lester Matthews
• Kevin Connolly as Steve Maguire
• Ethan Suplee as Guard Max Conlin
• Ray Liotta as Chief Gus Monroe
• Anne Heche as Rebecca Payne

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• A Perfect World
• The Fourth Kind
• Remember Me
• Frequency
• Man on a Ledge
• Richard Jewell