
John Q.
John Q. is a 2002 American thriller drama film starring Denzel Washington and directed by Nick Cassavetes. The film tells the story of John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington), a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and who finds out he is unable to receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it, before he decides to hold up the hospital and force them to do it.
Plot
A motorist is driving dangerously down a winding road, recklessly passing cars until she comes upon a slow moving Mack truck. As she attempts to pass, her car is clipped by a truck going in the opposite direction, then slammed full-force by the Mack truck, killing her in the process.
Awards
Cast
- Anne Heche
- Bill Maher
- Carlos Díaz
- Claire Rankin
- David Thornton
- Denzel Washington
- Dina Spybey
- Eddie Griffin
- Ethan Suplee
- Heather Wahlquist
- James Woods
- Keram Malicki-Sánchez
- Kevin Connolly
- Kimberly Elise
- Larissa Laskin
- Larry King
- Laura Harring
- Noam Jenkins
- Obba Babatundé
- Paul Johansson
- Philip Craig
- Ray Liotta
- Robert Duvall
- Scott Bloom
- Shawn Hatosy
- Shera Danese
- Stephanie Moore
- Ted Demme
- Troy Beyer
- Troy Winbush
- Vanessa Branch