Nick CassavetesDirector
Denzel WashingtonJohn Quincy Archibald
James WoodsDr. Raymond Turner
Kimberly EliseDenise Archibald
Robert DuvallLt. Frank Grimes
Shawn HatosyMitch Quigley
Eddie GriffinLester Matthews
Kevin ConnollySteve Maguire
Ethan SupleeGuard Max Conlin
Ray LiottaChief Gus Monroe
Anne HecheRebecca Payne
Laura HarringGina Palumbo
Heather WahlquistJulie Bird
John Q
- drama
- thriller
- crime
15 Feb 2002
7.2
7
1h 56min
Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
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.
