John Q(2002)

movie - first aired/released 2002-02-15 - 116 min - audience 7.2

Drama, Thriller, Crime

Directed by Nick Cassavetes

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.