John Q. (2002) 

 

Release date: February 15, 2002

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Writer: James Kearns

Starring: Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise, Robert DUvall

Estimated budget: $36 million

U.S. Box office: $71.6 million

Foreign: $30.4 million

Worldwide: $102.2 million

 

The story centers on a man whose nine-year-old son is in desperate need of a life-saving transplant. When he discovers that his medical insurance won't cover the costs of the surgery and alternative government aid is unavailable, John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington) takes a hospital emergency room hostage in a last-ditch attempt to save his child.