John Q. is a 2002 American
crime 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 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.