John Q

John Q

One day in a school baseball tournament a black family cheering for their kid to run to the other side. Suddenly the kid had a heart faller. They arrived at the hospital and Ellen Cline the head of the hospital said that their insurance can not pay for them they broke down.

They had to pay in cash. The dad worked so hard to find the money and he was so close but the hospital was about to kick the kid out so the mother of the kid called her husband and told him to do some thing.

So he came up with this idea that he would barricade him self in the hospital, he said that if his son dose not go one the donor list he will kill some one.

So the head of the hospital thick that his name is up in the donor list but John new that, so he wanted to give his heart to his son but then there was a car crass and the person was die had the same type of hart so they used it on the kid and his dad lives but his is going to prison.

I think this movie is very emotive and is a realy good movie it can make you cry and the is many meaning to the story

John.Q Archibald

In the windy city of Chicago the proud Archibald family has been living on the "slow lane". They find themselves in an economic trouble and they are in danger of losing their son, who has had a heart failure after a minor league baseball game. The Archibald family accelerated to the hospital where their son Mickey has a decreasing amount of blood pressure. John Archibald has a dilemma whether he should take his son to a heart transplant or whether he should just accept the fact that his son will soon die. John Q Archibald. A man so desperatley want to save his beloved son chooses that he should have the risk of taking his son to a heart transplant.

Dr.Turner the man who is in charge of the hospital gives John Archibald a $75,000 dollars bill in order to put Mickey on the doner's list. Because the Archibald family is poor they are not able to pay that amount of money. Therefore, John has to work hard and make lots of money or he should let Mickey die in peace.

Throughout the movie they show how a father like John Q Archibald would do so much work in order to pay that $75k bill. Bribes, Promotions you name it! John would do anything to save Mickey's life. The hospital is charging John cash because his lousy Health Care Insurance would not pay for a transplant. From 85 to 84 in 3 hours Mickey's blood pressure slowly drops, and everytime the numbers go down Mickey becomes more ill.

Desperatley John Q chooses the hard way and started taking matters to his own hands when he eventually kidnapped: Mr.Turner, a nurse, Security Guard and 5 patients waiting to be cured. The siren slowly gets louder and louder until a man with medals and other fellow cops members come out from a white and blue "Cop Mobile". What will John do now? he has no defenses except a gun. No tactics to overcome the police's mind. And no-one will help him get out of the hospital alive. John's life becomes more risky all he wants is for his son to get into the doner's list and get him a new heart. Should John Q surrender to the police or hold hostage untill he gets what he wants. John Q has another dilemma...

John Q Movie Review

The movie John Q is about a ordinary family in U.S.A that has a boy with a heart failure. John did not have enough money to save his son from the diseases so then his wife told him to do "something". So he did, he went to the hospital and kidnapped the people that was in there and locked them all in. The police came, called him and asked him what he wanted and he told them that they want his child at the top of the donar list. They did not listen, and try to kill him. After he requested to get mikey in the hospital with him, there was no hope, he was dying. He wanted to donate his heart and threatened the doctor to do it. He had to kill himself to give him the heart, but at the same time there was a women that had a heart that matches mikey's heart. He almost killed himself for nothing. At the end he goes to jail, but it was all worth it becuase his son is still alive.
Overall, I think this is a great movie, not just because of the story line, but also because of the actor Denzel Washington. I personally think that he did a very good job of acting out a character like that, i could tell how much he loved his son and how much he wanted to save his life. This movie tells a lot about the poor people in U.S.A without medical insurance and I understand how their feelings might be.

John Q. movie review by lottie :]

Fighting against the national healthcare system in the US, John and his family struggle to keep their son, Mike, alive. Mike collapsed at a Little League game due to heart failure and is now in need of a heart transplant. Only problem is that John Q. doesn’t have to money to do it, to save his sons life. After trying all options and raising as much money as possible, John turns to his only option – violence.

He breaks into the Hope Memorial and holds many as hostages in order to make the hospital pay for his son to get a new heart. Soon, groups of people crowd around the Hope Memorial but instead of shouting, they cheer him on. On the other hand, police officers arrive and get very angry with the commotion.

After all the commotion, Mike’s name is on the list, but its doing no good seeing as Mike only has a few hours to live. John Q. risks all and decides that in order to save Mike; he will give his heart to his son. They can’t change his mind. No one can.

Movie Summary - John Q

This movie is a re-enactment of a true event that has taken place in the past. The movie goes deep inside about the American Political affairs: which includes insurance from companies to the hospital policies. The son of John Archibald - Michael had an extra ordinary large heart which he needed an organ transplant in order to live. However the insurance from his company did not cover for this type of accident. The family desperate to come up with the fee, John Archibald attempts a hospital raid to capture the people inside as hostages. The police finally agrees to add Michael's name onto the donors list in return for releasing some hostages (including a police who attempted to kill John). Then, John insists on killing himself after finding out that his son needs a transplant immediately...


I believe this film covers all aspects of complex public inconveniences that takes place in daily life. This includes problems with the police, families and government. The characters in the movie may be intentionaly picked this way to take a different approach introducing other international issues. About racism and prejudice. I find this movie being very informative explaining the problems in the world - Therefore, I will recommend this film to anyone.

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John Q

Struggling to find a better job, John’s factory job has been reduced to part time. An ordinary American family finds themselves in a huge crisis. Their son, Mike collapsed during a softball game while running to a base. Hearing that the only way to save his son’s life because of heart failure, is to give him a new heart. Because John’s company has switched to HMO and John is only working 20 hours a week. The insurance company won’t pay for Mike’s the medical costs, which include the heart transplant. The family does not have that kind of money. As hard as John Q. Selling everything they have like television, sofa … etc tried they would not get enough money. They need $75,000 to put their child ion the donor list.

The hospital informed John Q. that they are releasing his sick son that day. With no other opinion John Q. decides to take a group of people hostage at the hospital and threaten that he would kill the people if they won’t put his son, Mike in the donor time. Time is running out. John’s son, Mike is slowly dying. Could his son get a new heart?

I personally think that this movie is very emotional. It successfully tackles the issue of health care of American. If your rich than you are cared with care, but of you are poor than the hospital will treat you like dirt. I really enjoy this movie it made me cry a lot. I recommend Adult and teenagers about 13 or 14 above.

If I had to rate this movie out of ten (10) than I would say about 8.

John Q. Movie Review

At a school baseball game, Michael William Archibald (Mikey) fainted on the way to second base. After rushing to the hospital, John (who is Mikey’s father) and his wife finds out that Mikey’s heart is 3 times bigger than the size of an ordinary heart. As time runs out for Mikey, he has to get a heart transplant before his blood pressure drops and gets worse. However, just to get on the Donor list, John and his wife has to pay at least $75,000 and even more for the transplant to happen. Beginning out with less than an eighth of the wanted amount to get on the list, Mikey’s parents have to work extra hard to first put their son on the list and then for the transplant procedure to happen. After a few weeks, the person in charge of the hospital, Rebecca Payne decides to release Mitch from the hospital. Furious, John Quincy Archibald or ‘John Q’ decides to take action. But what will he do to save his son’s life?

I recommend this movie to age 12 and up. This is because the plot had many twists, was very touching and revealed the corruption and schemes of an unjust government. This movie had a very clear message (Free health care) and a dash of politics as well. The characters played their parts very well and showed very strong emotions.

A controversial topic, a father’s quest to save his son, an unjust policy. All are key parts of this wonderful movie and gives an insight into the inner workings of a government. I would give this movie 8 out of 10 since it had depth to it and a strong message.