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John Q. 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 112 min

genre: thriller

theme: health care

director: Nick Cassavetes

Score: 7 / 10

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

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Cast

More details

author	James Kearns
award	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
contentLocation	Chicago
director	Nick Cassavetes
editor	Dede Allen
events	Chicago Police Department
genre	crime drama thriller
keywords	assassination attempt attempted murder baseball game begin build ceiling chicago illinois drive emergency room factory worker false imprisonment heart transplant hospital staff hostage negotiator hostage situation kidnap kill load move national news operating room pass police chief police surveillance pro bono set up shoot time police wait
musicBy	Aaron Zigman Stevie Wonder
nomination	BET Award for Best Actor & Actress NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
producer	Mark Burg Oren Koules
productionCompany	Evolution Entertainment
publisher	New Line Cinema
recordedAt	Chicago Hamilton Montreal Toronto
theme	health care