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UNITED STATES · 2002

John Q

Nick Cassavetes
healthcare system failure parental desperation insurance inequality medical hostage crisis father-son bond
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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.

Year2002
CountryUnited States
DirectorNick Cassavetes
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